Automatic Transmission problem on a 98 Impreza

On Jun 26, 2:02 am, AS <do....TakeThisOut@spame.com> wrote:
> Your suspicion is most likely true.  What happens if you shift into 1st
> or 2nd and not to D?
>

I will check on that and get back to you...
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Your suspicion is most likely true. What happens if you shift into 1st
or 2nd and not to D?

Brinner wrote:

> The problem happens when I shift the car into drive, the car behaves
> as if its in neutral. I sit there and rev it a few times and away we
> go. The amount of times I have to rev it is getting longer now though,
> although it is quite random how longer it takes to shift into gear.
> Once its in drive it behaves fine.
>
> I am guessing my transmission is dead, I've checked the fluid level
> and it is fine.
>
> Any ideas?
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Not quite.

When trying to back up, the tranny in my 95 Legacy L SW, sometimes
would, sometimes it would not go. It got progressively worse until i
decided to fix the problem. When I disassembled, I found that the oil
pump cover, inside the tranny, on which the rear hub spins, was
completely worn out (galled) to the point that the seals would sometimes
work or not depending on the intergalactic alignments .

Shifting the selector to a different position may help because the lock
up mechanism differs in a D-1st gear from a 1-1st gear.

In any case, good luck Brinner

Bob Noble wrote:

> If your transmission was dead, it wouldn't behave fine at all.
> Anyone know if these automatic transmissions have an oil filter
> somewhere? Could be plugged?
> I would suspect something like this or some kind of emission or sensor
> device causing the problem.
>
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AS wrote:
> Your suspicion is most likely true. What happens if you shift into 1st
> or 2nd and not to D?
>
> Brinner wrote:
>
>> The problem happens when I shift the car into drive, the car behaves
>> as if its in neutral. I sit there and rev it a few times and away we
>> go. The amount of times I have to rev it is getting longer now though,
>> although it is quite random how longer it takes to shift into gear.
>> Once its in drive it behaves fine.
>>
>> I am guessing my transmission is dead, I've checked the fluid level
>> and it is fine.
>>
>> Any ideas?
Hmmm,
First thing to check is fluid level.
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Brinner already stated he already did.

Tony Hwang wrote:
> AS wrote:
>
>> Your suspicion is most likely true. What happens if you shift into
>> 1st or 2nd and not to D?
>>
>> Brinner wrote:
>>
>>> The problem happens when I shift the car into drive, the car behaves
>>> as if its in neutral. I sit there and rev it a few times and away we
>>> go. The amount of times I have to rev it is getting longer now though,
>>> although it is quite random how longer it takes to shift into gear.
>>> Once its in drive it behaves fine.
>>>
>>> I am guessing my transmission is dead, I've checked the fluid level
>>> and it is fine.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>
> Hmmm,
> First thing to check is fluid level.
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AS wrote:
> Brinner already stated he already did.
>
> Tony Hwang wrote:
>> AS wrote:
>>
>>> Your suspicion is most likely true. What happens if you shift into
>>> 1st or 2nd and not to D?
>>>
>>> Brinner wrote:
>>>
>>>> The problem happens when I shift the car into drive, the car behaves
>>>> as if its in neutral. I sit there and rev it a few times and away we
>>>> go. The amount of times I have to rev it is getting longer now though,
>>>> although it is quite random how longer it takes to shift into gear.
>>>> Once its in drive it behaves fine.
>>>>
>>>> I am guessing my transmission is dead, I've checked the fluid level
>>>> and it is fine.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Hmmm,
>> First thing to check is fluid level.
Hi,
Oops, sorry about that. Then time to open it up to prevent bigger
trouble. How does the fluid look? Fresh pinky or dark browny/black?
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On Jun 26, 2:59 am, AS <do....TakeThisOut@spame.com> wrote:
> Not quite.
>
> When trying to back up, the tranny in my 95 Legacy L SW, sometimes
> would, sometimes it would not go.  It got progressively worse until i
> decided to fix the problem.  When I disassembled, I found that the oil
> pump cover, inside the tranny, on which the rear hub spins, was
> completely worn out (galled) to the point that the seals would sometimes
> work or not depending on the intergalactic alignments .
>
> Shifting the selector to a different position may help because the lock
> up mechanism differs in a D-1st gear from a 1-1st gear.
>
> In any case, good luck Brinner
>
>
>
> Bob Noble wrote:
> > If your transmission was dead, it wouldn't behave fine at all.
> > Anyone know if these automatic transmissions have an oil filter
> > somewhere? Could be plugged?
> > I would suspect something like this or some kind of emission or sensor
> > device causing the problem.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Checked it out and the car runs away fine if I go past D and into 3,
starts off the way it used to in D.

Anything I can do here?
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