slipping tranmission???
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slipping tranmission???
Well my tranny is slipping i think. I was driving and I noticed the motro rev about 2900 and my speed started to drop. I couldn't make it up a damn 10 foot hill. So I check the fluid level and the dipstick is dry. I put 5 quarts in it and nothing, dry dipstick? I then had to call for chevy help to tow my rig home. It sat for a day and I check it cold in nuetral and I had to much fluid, but still revs to high for the for the speed iwas going. (30 mph) Any ideas would be a huge help. Please don't let me have to get a tow from a chevy again
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My first thought would be if it was 5 quarts low - you may have burnt something up just being that low on ATF. I'm no tranny expert in any way - but to me it sounds like your torque converter is slipping - with the "still revs to high for the for the speed i was going" thing.
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I was told by a stealership that the pump could be bad and it could be holding fluid in it which would explain why there was no fluid. Also they told me there are po-it valves that wear out and could be stuck shut or open and not letting fluid pass. Witht the truck sitting the pressure bled off and the fluid went back to the pan. I only put 5 quarts in there because that's all I had. I then towed it. When I checked it after putting the 5 quarts in it was still low. Any ideas on where to get a new or used tranny? Thanks for the help!!!!
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what i would do is flush the transmission oil out. being 5 qts low, there probably wasnt buty one quart in the bottom of the pan, which wouldn't register. remove the pan after you drain the fluid, inspect for any large metal chunks. replace the filter and flush the old fluid out with new. the whole system holds 18 quarts, i just flushed mine with synthetic. if it still is running badly, i suspect a bad torque converter.
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