Transmission slips when cold
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Transmission slips when cold
I just bought the truck last week. It is a 2004 F-250 v10 gas. It runs and drives great but early in the morning when it is real cold there is a hesitation to go into 3rd gear. I have googled this a lot and it seems to be a very common problem with this. I don’t think the tranny is bad because it has good clean fluid and it shifts fine any other time it is just slow to shift when cold. Has anyone else had this problem and what did you do to solve it?
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I would check the transmission fluid pressure.
Something in the transmission is getting clogged or going bad. Could be as easy as a transmission filter change or as crappy as a EPC or Shift Solenoid that is clogged or going bad..
"When an Automatic Transmission shifts SLOW, it usually means that the Pump is unable to get enough of the transmission fluid to pump through the system to effect the Various "Actions" as required....so it's essentially suffering from fluid starvation until the transmission fluid is sufficiently heated up (So that it loses some of its viscous properties or "Thickness" when cold) to get around the insufficiency or bottle-neck in the process."
The quote I found on another forum really sums up cold Transmissions.
Something in the transmission is getting clogged or going bad. Could be as easy as a transmission filter change or as crappy as a EPC or Shift Solenoid that is clogged or going bad..
"When an Automatic Transmission shifts SLOW, it usually means that the Pump is unable to get enough of the transmission fluid to pump through the system to effect the Various "Actions" as required....so it's essentially suffering from fluid starvation until the transmission fluid is sufficiently heated up (So that it loses some of its viscous properties or "Thickness" when cold) to get around the insufficiency or bottle-neck in the process."
The quote I found on another forum really sums up cold Transmissions.
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I just bought the truck last week. It is a 2004 F-250 v10 gas. It runs and drives great but early in the morning when it is real cold there is a hesitation to go into 3rd gear. I have googled this a lot and it seems to be a very common problem with this. I don’t think the tranny is bad because it has good clean fluid and it shifts fine any other time it is just slow to shift when cold. Has anyone else had this problem and what did you do to solve it?
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