I took my car out today for its first proper run.
I went pretty well until I got to work where it was struggling to reverse. It would move very slowly regardless of engine speed. Getting worse over a couple of goes. In a manual car I would liken it to a slipping clutch.
When it was cold and just started up she went backwards with no problem especially as I guess the choke was on.
I did about 5 or 6 miles tops. The engine temp was fine.
The trans fluid is clean red and it appears to be full, if not a little over. The guy I got it from said it looked new. It also doesnt appear to be leaking when stationary, as there are no spots on the ground.
One problem I have is that the top of the trans dipstick is all loose. I assume the rubber grommet goes directly at the top of the bit where it splits in 2. Originally it was right near the top but that made it well over full when the engine was idling, it has those words on it so I did it at idle. When the grommet is lower down it isnt so over full. This means I'm struggling to know the true level of trans fluid. If someone could look at where the grommet is on theirs, I would really appreciate it.
I know that the first step is fluid and I'm hoping once I know the right position of dip stick I can make sure its right.
I spoke to a garage locally that specialises in US imports and he said to see if the linkage was moving a valve fully when I put it in reverse. The thought being that not enough fluid was getting through ?
I know nada about this so any thoughts would be gratefully received.
I went pretty well until I got to work where it was struggling to reverse. It would move very slowly regardless of engine speed. Getting worse over a couple of goes. In a manual car I would liken it to a slipping clutch.
When it was cold and just started up she went backwards with no problem especially as I guess the choke was on.
I did about 5 or 6 miles tops. The engine temp was fine.
The trans fluid is clean red and it appears to be full, if not a little over. The guy I got it from said it looked new. It also doesnt appear to be leaking when stationary, as there are no spots on the ground.
One problem I have is that the top of the trans dipstick is all loose. I assume the rubber grommet goes directly at the top of the bit where it splits in 2. Originally it was right near the top but that made it well over full when the engine was idling, it has those words on it so I did it at idle. When the grommet is lower down it isnt so over full. This means I'm struggling to know the true level of trans fluid. If someone could look at where the grommet is on theirs, I would really appreciate it.
I know that the first step is fluid and I'm hoping once I know the right position of dip stick I can make sure its right.
I spoke to a garage locally that specialises in US imports and he said to see if the linkage was moving a valve fully when I put it in reverse. The thought being that not enough fluid was getting through ?
I know nada about this so any thoughts would be gratefully received.
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