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My car makes a ticking noise (like a baseball card stuck in a bicycle) what could that be?
What kind of car do you have? Regular service and delicate driving will extend the life of any mechanical part. I would say a reasonable life expectancy of 150000-200000 would be realistic.Find a mitsubishi space wagon in a scrap yard near me ng20 uk?
Speed is not the enemy, heat, sub zero temps, and torque is the enemy.Where do i find a serpentine diagram for a 98 park ave?
If you accelerate fast it wears the trans.
1996 Pontiac sunfire engine and water pump?
Maintenance is key too. Be sure that the fluid is changed per recommendations.
Reprogramming keyless entry on a 91 Lincoln Town Car?
There is no set general life for an automatic transmission. Driving slow does not help. The transmission would just be in use longer for the miles driven. Heat is a transmissions #1 enemy along with lack of maintenance. Most newer transmissions have to long of a service interval between fluid changes. If the fluid is not synthetic, I recommend changing it at least at the time of every 3rd engine oil change along with the filter. Good luck!The life of an automatic transmission is never foretold nor should be guaranteed for longer than 5 years. You want to know the only way that you can actually take care of your transmission, you have to drive that car with caution. Drive that car like a lowrider slow but for sure. Secondly yes driving slow and taking care of your transmission does help prolong the life of your transmission.
Will high grade gas cause overheating?
No driving slowly will not prolong life... in fact it will probably shorten it insteadHow much is a decent exhaust system that will be loud and make a suv sound fast?
The life of an automatic trans can vary greatly due to the factors of both heat and slippage built into them from the factory...
How can I get out a stuck oil drain plug?
First of all keeping the heat down and keeping the trans cooled off is the first concern for long automatic transmission life
What's the best way to clean the seats in my car?
if you could keep an automatic trans from ever going above 140 degrees in operating temperature during its life the trans would go 300,000 miles without an overhaul...
to address the heat issue the trans cooler line that runs into the radiators end tanks can be bypasssed to a aftermarket air cooled trans cooler...
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this helps by keeping some of the engines heat from being tranfered to the trans thru the raiator tube liquis water style cooler..(eliminates the trans oil from absorbing more hteat from radiator pass thru tube...)
1995 Chevy Lumina 3.1 burnt valve?
next we address reducing slippage and more heat... this is done by adding a shift reprograming kit or "Shift Kit" to the valve body of the trans... (Valve body is the brain/controler of the trans...it tells it when and where to shift up or down and how hard etc.
How will an impact driver help me remove a stubborn allen bolt?
When automatic transmissions were designed the factorieds made a comprimise they wanted/had to sell cars to everyone so they had to make the cars with a compomise so everyone would buy them...
This was done with the auto trans cars because a great portion of the new car market has always been senior citizens... Grandpa and grandma didn't want to feel theier sutomatic trans shift they wanted it smoooth and with out any bump or thumb when the trans shifted so the factory's made all automatics to shift soft and mushy... to beable to sell cars to them...
What could be wrong with my '96 Chrysler Concord if the car shakes when I go to turn on the highway?
these sloppy, soft, and weak shifts also cause a great deal of slippage and heat which causes shorter trans life too...
How much should it cost to replace all 4 wheel bearings?
the reason for the slippage is an auto trans is not like a manual which goes in one gear and then is briefly in neutral during a shift then in another gear...
Instead an auto trans is always in a gear (except when neutral is manually selected at Prendl (shifter)
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that said you start off in first the time comse to go to second but now wait the trans applies second then waits a couple seconds then releases first gear... (did you catch that?? for a brief period you were in both first and second at the same time)
That big over lap is how they got that soft shift gramps and granny go for..it also is how they cost us a lot of trans life too and sell more parts...
what a shift kit actually does is reset teh programming (retrain the Brain) on how you want it to shift instead of how it was delivered from factory...
How much will it cost to get a new Clutch?
it makes it so that 1-2 shift occurs closer to the same time by reducing the over lapped period...9the trans still starts in 1st then applies 2nd then releases first but its almost simultaineous after modification by shift kit)
Timing chain problems. with 87' Ford club wagon?
same goes for 2-3 shift in second then trans applies third then releases second after a delay...
What does a milky cream mix in the oil mean?
so short put is adding 2 things to your autotrans equipped car will extend its life...
What other fuel problems would it be if my suv isnt getting gas?
aftermarket oil cooler
installation of an aftermarket shift kit
Why does my truck have a rough idle?
There is one more thing to remeber too... change the fluid and filter every 15,000 miles... ATF just like oil wears out and bad oil will quickly ruin a trans
Walt
1992 Honda Accord LX owners manual? help .?
Driving slow (keeping the rpm's low) prolongs the life of the engine, but not the transmission. A well-designed and engineered auto transmission mated to an appropriate engine should last at least 200,000 miles, provided that basic transmission service is performed on it. The fluid should be changed every 25,000-30,000 miles (drain and fill is adequate), and the filter (if applicable) should be replaced every 90,000 miles. Many newer vehicles have "lifetime" transmission fluids. These should be drained and replaced at least twice in their lifetime, imho. Some transmissions don't have dipsticks anymore. The ATF in these transmissisions can still be replaced, but proper procedures must be followed, including jacking up the vehicle, using four jackstands to make the vehicle level, and removing the fill plug. Many, if not most, import brands (and an increasing number of domestics) use non-traditional ATF's (Traditional ATF's are Dexron III, Dexron VI, Mercon, Mercon V, ATF +4). Proper spec ATF's should be used, even if it is hard to find. This is most important for CVT's.More Questions & Answers ...
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