*PLEASE HELP*
Hey, whenever I floor the car, the RPMs jump way high (4000rpm or 5000rpm) before the transmission engages (car accelerates quickly). The transmission is freshly rebuilt, and a Mazda dealership had the tranny apart to replace the actuators (I would assume they would tell me if they noticed something was wrong). I've been told from a friend that it may be the main clutch, but I do not know why it would be this since it is rebuilt... The car is also shifting kind of rough/hard. Is this normal or is there indeed a problem? Please respond ASAP, I need to get this resolved. Thanks!!
Urgent: Transmission Engage
-
ElectricEnergy
- Regular Member
- Posts: 489
- Joined: August 15th, 2006, 12:37 am
- Location: Saskatoon SK, Canada
Sounds like you might be low on fluid, or its really dirty. You'd better check on that before it wrecks itself. Unfortunately if its low, it means its leaking. I would take it back to the place that rebuilt it and complain cause I've heard thats pretty expensive.
KL-ZE Swap - OBX SS Headers - 2.5" Exhaust - Falken Azenis Tires - H&R Springs - ZX-2 Struts - CAI - Front & Rear Tower Bar - AWR Motor Mounts - 100hp wet shot (yet to be tested)
-
ScooterBovine
- Supporting Member
- Posts: 502
- Joined: May 9th, 2004, 2:01 am
- Location: Blacklick, Ohio
What do you mean, floor the car? As in, mash the gas pedal all the way down? Is this an automatic transmission, or a manual transmission?
If it is Automatic, I am pretty sure that most cars have a small delay from when you mash the gas pedal to it accelerating.
If it is Manual, I'd say the clutch is going bad...
If it is Automatic, I am pretty sure that most cars have a small delay from when you mash the gas pedal to it accelerating.
If it is Manual, I'd say the clutch is going bad...
No more MX-3.
-
Mnemonic
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 3415
- Joined: September 3rd, 2002, 2:01 am
- Location: Eastern Hemisphere
- Contact:
clutch is slipping, if its jumping that high your clutch is about to go out, the only other thing it could be is you might have rode on your clutch a bit to much and its glazed over. either way time for a new clutch
08 Infiniti G37s 6speed (The Daily)
Stillen Cold Air Intake, Z1 Plenum Power Mod, Z1 Headers, Z1 Test Pipe, OBX (Ark) Exhaust, Up-Rev Osiris Engine Management (Tuned at Z1), 20x9" 20x10" Str Racing Concave Staggered Rims, SPC Camber kit, Tein H Techs Springs
01 Lexus Is300 (LS2 Project)
93 Mx3 SE 2.5 KLZE (sold it)
93 Mx3 GS 2.0 KFZE (killed it)
Stillen Cold Air Intake, Z1 Plenum Power Mod, Z1 Headers, Z1 Test Pipe, OBX (Ark) Exhaust, Up-Rev Osiris Engine Management (Tuned at Z1), 20x9" 20x10" Str Racing Concave Staggered Rims, SPC Camber kit, Tein H Techs Springs
01 Lexus Is300 (LS2 Project)
93 Mx3 SE 2.5 KLZE (sold it)
93 Mx3 GS 2.0 KFZE (killed it)
Its an automatic. When I took it in to be saftied, they had to take the tranny apart and replace the actuators... Its going back in this coming Tuesday, so I might mention it to them... And since they had the tranny apart (we also got a tune-up), Im sure they would have checked/replaced the fluid. What is the proper way to check it? The car has to be running right? And should the tranny be at running temperature? Also, there are 4 markings. 2 notches at 20C and 2 notches at 65C. Im assuming that at running temperature, the level is supposed to be between the two notches at 65C and when cold its supposed to be between the two notches between the 20C? I really hope that its normal, because when I drive it normally, or push the pedal down slowly at first, it works great
-Curt