Tranny Problem

[jweir22]

Wondering why sometimes my tranny doesn't always engage some times it slips and revs hi 6500RPM.kicking it down from 2nd to first.It seems to get worse when Making a left turn HMM puzzling.I need the tranny wizards to give me some reasons why it would be doing this?

[4spdz34]

sounds like low fluid level

[bszopi]

Exactly. I have a slow leak in my tranny, and I know its time to put another quart into it when my car starts doing the exact same thing. Once the fluid level is back up, it works fine again.

[Anonymous]

Could be a leak (like I had), or maybe a leak in the vaccum line (modulator is one thing to check).

[jweir22]

I'll try topping up the tranny fluid first but it did look full.

[Anonymous]

Make sure you check the fluid when the car is idling in park/neutral on level ground and its warmed-up.

[Anonymous]

According to my owners manual (for automatics anyways): Have car idle in park for 5min, then shift through each gear, then check in park.

[bszopi]

I have always heard that you want to check it after a trip of at least 15 miles to allow for the tranny to be up to temp and been through all the gears. You don't want to check it after a constant high speed or after alot of stop and go traffic.