All,
Ok, I've heard sometimes it's a good idea, and sometimes it's a BAD idea.
My car's got 88K on it. I've noticed something odd within the past few days - if I'm slowing down from speed when the trans is already in 4th gear, foot completely off the gas, if I happen to start to give it a little throttle at the exact moment the trans is trying to downshift on its own from 4th to 3rd (around 31MPH), the engine will rev for a brief moment before catching 3rd gear.
I wasn't TRYING to give it gas at that exact moment, mind you, it just sort of happened.
It's only happened 3 times - like I said, I'm not trying to time it that way, and I really don't want to tempt fate.
Another incident a few days ago, I was going up a mild grade, and the engine was holding 4th gear around 42MPH, and I figured that rather than just giving it more throttle, I'd pull it out of OD and into D - likewise, had that weird slip before it engaged 3rd gear. As you might imagine, I've not done that since! Why ask for trouble, after all...
Other than that, the car shifts perfectly upshifts, downshifts, etc. Just that 4-to-3 if I catch it at that particular moment.
I was considering doing a fluid and filter change - though, again, nagging at me are the warnings that changing the fluid sometimes just pisses the trans off and gets it to commit suicide. My logical side says that's nonsense, fresh fluid and a clean filter can't hurt it - but my logical side's been brought up short by reality every once in a while.
That said, according to the paperwork I got from the previous owner, there was a work item "Service Automatic Transmission" for $89.95 done in May of 2008, when the car had 69K miles on it. (I assume it was actually done, but I HAVE owned a car where receipts showed a shop did a tune-up including ignition wires, but the car still had the Ford wires on it!)
So, should I do the filter and fluid, should I do that and ALSO drain the torque converter, or should I just leave well enough alone, making sure the fluid level is ok? (which as I write this I realize I didn't check! D'oh!)
Ok, I've heard sometimes it's a good idea, and sometimes it's a BAD idea.
My car's got 88K on it. I've noticed something odd within the past few days - if I'm slowing down from speed when the trans is already in 4th gear, foot completely off the gas, if I happen to start to give it a little throttle at the exact moment the trans is trying to downshift on its own from 4th to 3rd (around 31MPH), the engine will rev for a brief moment before catching 3rd gear.
I wasn't TRYING to give it gas at that exact moment, mind you, it just sort of happened.
It's only happened 3 times - like I said, I'm not trying to time it that way, and I really don't want to tempt fate.
Another incident a few days ago, I was going up a mild grade, and the engine was holding 4th gear around 42MPH, and I figured that rather than just giving it more throttle, I'd pull it out of OD and into D - likewise, had that weird slip before it engaged 3rd gear. As you might imagine, I've not done that since! Why ask for trouble, after all...
Other than that, the car shifts perfectly upshifts, downshifts, etc. Just that 4-to-3 if I catch it at that particular moment.
I was considering doing a fluid and filter change - though, again, nagging at me are the warnings that changing the fluid sometimes just pisses the trans off and gets it to commit suicide. My logical side says that's nonsense, fresh fluid and a clean filter can't hurt it - but my logical side's been brought up short by reality every once in a while.
That said, according to the paperwork I got from the previous owner, there was a work item "Service Automatic Transmission" for $89.95 done in May of 2008, when the car had 69K miles on it. (I assume it was actually done, but I HAVE owned a car where receipts showed a shop did a tune-up including ignition wires, but the car still had the Ford wires on it!)
So, should I do the filter and fluid, should I do that and ALSO drain the torque converter, or should I just leave well enough alone, making sure the fluid level is ok? (which as I write this I realize I didn't check! D'oh!)
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