Tranny free spun today while driving...
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Tranny free spun today while driving... Driving steady at 40 mph and all of a sudden the rpm's shoot up and I have ZERO hook-up.
4 month old FLP IV. Fluid is full, nothing ever got hot, nothing is leaking, motor is fine.
When I turn the car off for a couple minutes it will engage for about 1/4 mile only.
Any ideas?
4 month old FLP IV. Fluid is full, nothing ever got hot, nothing is leaking, motor is fine.
When I turn the car off for a couple minutes it will engage for about 1/4 mile only.
Any ideas?
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Re: Tranny free spun today while driving................... Do you have a converter?
Do you have a cooler installed?
If the trans fluid goes to 226 degrees, the PCM will unlock the converter and the trans will go into limp mode. Been there, done that, not good.
I got a B&M Supercooler (24,000GVW). Problem solved.
Do you have a cooler installed?
If the trans fluid goes to 226 degrees, the PCM will unlock the converter and the trans will go into limp mode. Been there, done that, not good.
I got a B&M Supercooler (24,000GVW). Problem solved.
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Re: Tranny free spun today while driving...................
Do you have a converter?
Do you have a cooler installed?
If the trans fluid goes to 226 degrees, the PCM will unlock the converter and the trans will go into limp mode. Been there, done that, not good.
I got a B&M Supercooler (24,000GVW). Problem solved.
Do you have a cooler installed?
If the trans fluid goes to 226 degrees, the PCM will unlock the converter and the trans will go into limp mode. Been there, done that, not good.
I got a B&M Supercooler (24,000GVW). Problem solved.
I also have a 24,000 GVW installed. I have a VIG 3600 converter.
It's just odd that it would get that hot, the car sat for about 1 hour, then in 5 minutes it unhooked. All normal driving.
Could there be a clog in the hoses somewhere?
What makes tranny fluid get hot that quick?
I've never had that happen before and I've driven this thing hard quite a few times.
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Re: Tranny free spun today while driving................... Well, started the car this morning, put it into "reverse" it went into gear for about 2 seconds and then free spun again. I was almost all the way out of the driveway, so I put it into "D", it barely hooked up and struggled back into the driveway.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
