Thread: Transmission nearing the end?

So many of you know that my transmission has had a slip problem going into 2nd at higher RPM's. Well, some more things started to come up. Just started today leaving school, The car would sometimes have this lug feel where when accelerating in 1st gear, it would almost lose power for a second and then regain it and go on and not do it for awhile. Well, it did this about 3 or 4 times on my home from school. It also dropped into 1st from 2nd when not needed, like taking a turn and giving it almost no throttle, it went down into 1st. I drove it home carefully as I did not want to hurt anything else. I don't know if I was just driving int he wrong conditions and didn't really know what to do, or if it is dying. I've already added stop slip, MAP and MAF sensors are clean, throttle body is halfway clean, air filter could be changed, but I don't think it cause the lug. I'm not sure what to do. I was gonna drive it for another week and see if the problems subside, but if it turns out it needs a new tranny, I'm S.O.L. So are there any other things I could do to try and fix it? I was gonna try pounding on it and see if anything happens.

I should also add that I had my car scanned for engine and tranny codes yesterday and none came up.

try some seafoam
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drop the pan , install a shift kit , new filter ,and another bottle of lucas.

Originally Posted by EHB

try a shift kit.

I weary of dropping the pan and adding new fluid as some people made their transmissions worse by doing that. I can't afford to take that chance.

don't flush it. just drop the pan . people have problems when they do a full flush.

Originally Posted by EHB

don't flush it. just drop the pan . people have problems when they do a full flush.

Someone on here said all he did was a pan drop on 2 of his GP's and after, both of them slipped worse than before. Honestly, I'd take it to a GM dealer and have them do it. That way if something breaks, it's their fault.

Originally Posted by EHB

don't flush it. just drop the pan . people have problems when they do a full flush.

If a trans is bad enough a pan drop alone could kill it. I've had it happen to me three different times on three different cars.

Originally Posted by stealthee

If a trans is bad enough a pan drop alone could kill it. I've had it happen to me three different times on three different cars.

And that's what I'm afraid of. That's why I've never had that done.

Well it's been 2 days and it hasn't been acting up. It will still occasionally lug and do the power loss thing which I cannot figure out, but it doesn't do it as much. If I give it more gas, it helps haha. I will change the air filter soon and see what happens, it's pretty dirty.

If the trans is slipping or showing signs of malfunction you are on borrowed time. You can install a shift kit, use additives, change fluid but you still face the inevitable, a rebuild. I say save your money, do nothing, and put your money towards a rebuild. Drive the trans till you can't stand it anymore then order a TEP trans. Everytime I have tried to keep a dying trans going a little longer by sinking money into it I have regretted it and ended up wasting money that could have been used for a rebuild.