So I live in CT and its been snowing here, so every now and again i'll go slide my car in parking lots/corners.. anyway after i go sliding my cars torque converter slips really bad, like i'll be at 40 mph in 2nd gear at 5k and it will not shift or speed up even in full boost.. I check the fluids and its low. so i add a quart it runs and it runs fine. So im trying to figure out...Wheres my fluid going when i drift, cause i want to get it fixed not buy fluid every time i slide....

ps: yea yea just get a MT its coming after my paintjob

 

It's either coming out of a breather or leaking from a seal somewhere. Check the tailshaft seal and also stick your hand up as far as you can shove it on top of the transmission. I doubt that it is coming out of the filler, it would be smoking like a motherfucker and possibly be on fire. Keep in mind that sustained higher rpms will bring excessive heat to the fluid, making it easier for it to go places quickly (ie past seals). Sometimes, automatic transmission leaks are difficult to find, but if you clean the transmission off and then drive it to replicate the symptom, you'll find it.

Also, when you check the fluid next time, smell it. If it smells like a forest fire, you've got some other problems. Also, look at the color.

If you end up keeping the automatic, I would suggest bypassing the factory cooler in the radiator and going with a high quality bar and plate cooler mounted in front of the transmission. Remember to only use rubber lines that are specifically for ATF. Fuel lines will expand and swell.


Sorry for the novel, I used to be a transmission guy.

 

good info...
I would just suggest lucus tranny fix... I've always had good results with it, but i've also not been leaking that much that fast...

 

If transmission fix in a can really worked, transmission shops would not be in business. Never put this stuff in your transmission PERIOD. Most transmission problems could have been prevented by flushing/replacing your fluid every year.

Spend the 100 bucks for a good hot flush and filter change. Just dumping the pan only replaces 3-4 quarts, the average automatic holds anywhere from 10 to 15 quarts (depending on the size of the case and converter). You need to get that converter flushed out, only a hot flush is going to do that.

Everybody changes their oil, hardly anyone even looks at their transmission. That can be a very expensive mistake.

 

+1, nobody pays enough attention to tranny fluid changes, AT or MT. Actually, more people do AT flushes on a more regular basis because shops actively try to sell that service. Almost any MT car you buy is going to have the original fluid in it whether it has 50000 or 150000 miles on it. Service intervals can be as low as 30000 miles on MT lube but almost nobody changes it unless they do a clutch job or an axle breaks or something.

My family has auto trannies power flushed every 30-45k miles. I change my MT fluid every 15k or so- usually a lot more frequently since I end up pulling the tranny for some reason or another and change it out while I'm in there.

 

maybe its always worked good enough for me because i either A, don't keep cars taht long, or B, do a 5spd swap within months.

So, on the note of proper tranny maintenance, I was always told that if the previous owner never did it, then you shouldn't either. That flushing all of the crap out would end up causing more problems on an old tranny. Is this true, it kinda makes sense, but in a not really way....Automatics haven't ever been a strong point for me, and I'm just really starting to learn Manuals....
thanks