The transmission contains the gears or variable speed components to allow the engine speed to slow down as your vehicle increases in speed. A gear is like a lever to move the vehicle forward. It needs a lot of leverage at low speeds to get it going which is first gear. As speed increases it needs less leverage to keep it going which is higher gears.
Picking the Best Transmission Fluid Types The variety of transmissions found in today’s cars, pickup trucks, SUV’s, vans and motor homes means that there are a variety of different automatic transmission fluid types required to insure correct operation. Costs to repair the internal damage that results from using an incorrect fluid can be thousands of…
No Transmission Dipstick Making automatic transmissions with no transmission dipstick seems like a strange thing for manufacturers to do, but looking at it from their point of view might make sense. If a vehicle that’s under warranty is damaged internally because the owner or a mechanic overfills the transmission, the manufacturer may end up having to…
Secret to Long Automatic Transmission Service The secret is to control the temperature of the automatic transmission fluid. When you can’t do this due to driving conditions be sure to change the fluid regularly. Heat is Your Transmissions Greatest Enemy Overheating is responsible for the majority of automatic transmission failures. Normal temperatures run about the…
Automatic Transmission Fluid Check If you want to know what your fluid condition is like you can remove the dipstick with the engine turned off. You can look at the color of the fluid and if you want you can smell it. Wipe the stick on a white towel. You will usually notice some dark…