Doing This Will Make Your Transmission Last Twice as Long #3
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Date: 2019-05-28
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Steven Russell
Scotty, maybe you could point out a source of info to help me solve a tranny problem that my son, a vet going to college on their version of the G. I. Bill, has with his 2007 VW Jetta GLI (Fahrenheit, Inline 4, 2. 0 Liter Turbo, and 6-speed auto/manual transmission, with 120k miles. With no warning, his car shifted down into 1st gear while driving. The gears never slipped prior to this incident and didnt grind when shifted into 1st, afterwards. He limped home, about 4 miles, in 1st gear and parked at his home. No reverse, but shifts into drive, and in 1st gear only. We envision some expense, which neither of us can afford, but needs to be handled. Any info you, or your viewers, may have on this will help us resolve our problem and be appreciated. [edit] My son says he is unable to start the car now, and that when he parked the car after limping home following the incident the car ran okay in that 1st gear. Several weeks later he started the car to try and read the codes and it was running very rough and erratic and he shut it off fearing it might damage itself.
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Scotty, maybe you could point out a source of info to help me solve a tranny problem that my son, a vet going to college on their version of the G. I. Bill, has with his 2007 VW Jetta GLI (Fahrenheit, Inline 4, 2. 0 Liter Turbo, and 6-speed auto/manual transmission, with 120k miles. With no warning, his car shifted down into 1st gear while driving. The gears never slipped prior to this incident and didnt grind when shifted into 1st, afterwards. He limped home, about 4 miles, in 1st gear and parked at his home. No reverse, but shifts into drive, and in 1st gear only. We envision some expense, which neither of us can afford, but needs to be handled. Any info you, or your viewers, may have on this will help us resolve our problem and be appreciated. [edit] My son says he is unable to start the car now, and that when he parked the car after limping home following the incident the car ran okay in that 1st gear. Several weeks later he started the car to try and read the codes and it was running very rough and erratic and he shut it off fearing it might damage itself.
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SteveR
Scotty--RE: Nitrogen v. Oxygen in your tires: I cant say anything from experience, as Ive never owned or driven a car that had it. As you pointed out, theres some moisture in oxygen, so I suspectthe dealers pass it off as being more pure (dry)and thus less likely to cause interior corrosion of your factory steelwheels. However, so many vehicles now come with aluminum wheelsthat it isnt a cause for concern, and I dont see how it could make a car ride any more comfy than oxygen would. I dont believe wheel corrosion (from the use of oxygen in your tires) has ever been an issue for owners, and its just a ploy to separate you from more of your money. Wheel corrosion that occurs from living in states where they put down lots of road salt during the winter is another (unrelated) story. Plus, it costs extra to have it replaced when you purchase new tires and if your tires are slightly low (check your tire pressure at least monthly, if not more often, youd have to air up at a dealer or some specialty tire shop that does that. More needless expense. So, no thanks.
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Scotty--RE: Nitrogen v. Oxygen in your tires: I cant say anything from experience, as Ive never owned or driven a car that had it. As you pointed out, theres some moisture in oxygen, so I suspectthe dealers pass it off as being more pure (dry)and thus less likely to cause interior corrosion of your factory steelwheels. However, so many vehicles now come with aluminum wheelsthat it isnt a cause for concern, and I dont see how it could make a car ride any more comfy than oxygen would. I dont believe wheel corrosion (from the use of oxygen in your tires) has ever been an issue for owners, and its just a ploy to separate you from more of your money. Wheel corrosion that occurs from living in states where they put down lots of road salt during the winter is another (unrelated) story. Plus, it costs extra to have it replaced when you purchase new tires and if your tires are slightly low (check your tire pressure at least monthly, if not more often, youd have to air up at a dealer or some specialty tire shop that does that. More needless expense. So, no thanks.
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anthony robinson
Hey Scotty, I just bought a 2006 Toyota Camry v6 with a 181k miles. Originally the car seemed to drive fine but he more I drive it. The more I suspect the transmission is starting to go. (1) When driving from a stand still the car is slow to accelerate to 2nd, (2) when on the highway around 75-80 mph and press the accelerator normally the car doesnt down shift to 4th to speed up unless I mash the gas, it stays in 5th and slowly accelerate. (3) Sometimes when accelerating to merge with traffic on the highway it has this weird shudder as if it doesnt know what gear its supposed to be in and feels under powered while in rush hour traffic. The car shifts really smooth and there are now violent bangs or jerks from it, it just feels off at the low end and doesnt downshift to accelerate unless you mash the gas at the mid to top end. Any idea what the problem could be, Im hoping for a simple fix but fear the worst since I just bout the car almost 2 months ago.
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Hey Scotty, I just bought a 2006 Toyota Camry v6 with a 181k miles. Originally the car seemed to drive fine but he more I drive it. The more I suspect the transmission is starting to go. (1) When driving from a stand still the car is slow to accelerate to 2nd, (2) when on the highway around 75-80 mph and press the accelerator normally the car doesnt down shift to 4th to speed up unless I mash the gas, it stays in 5th and slowly accelerate. (3) Sometimes when accelerating to merge with traffic on the highway it has this weird shudder as if it doesnt know what gear its supposed to be in and feels under powered while in rush hour traffic. The car shifts really smooth and there are now violent bangs or jerks from it, it just feels off at the low end and doesnt downshift to accelerate unless you mash the gas at the mid to top end. Any idea what the problem could be, Im hoping for a simple fix but fear the worst since I just bout the car almost 2 months ago.
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don sallee
hey Scotty, as far as reasoning about L E D versus halogen best reason to go L E D is these plastic headlamp housings, for years every spring I would either have to replace or attempt to refinish the lenses, a couple years ago I bought a Corolla with the lenses that were already fogging so I refinished them to the clear finish and within a couple months they were fogged again as I had come home from my evening 3 to 11 shift I noticed the lense was quite hot, and got to looking at new OEM lenses on the newer Corollas that were already having same fogging issue, until I ran across 1 that didnt and low and behold, that owner had switched to L E D lamps when he replaced his lenses 3 years earlier and has had no fogging issue since, I bought the new lenses and the L E D kit and has been 2 years and no fogging or discoloration since, so the L E D is better as far as the covered headlights are concerned because of the hot halogen overheating the plastic lenses Don
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hey Scotty, as far as reasoning about L E D versus halogen best reason to go L E D is these plastic headlamp housings, for years every spring I would either have to replace or attempt to refinish the lenses, a couple years ago I bought a Corolla with the lenses that were already fogging so I refinished them to the clear finish and within a couple months they were fogged again as I had come home from my evening 3 to 11 shift I noticed the lense was quite hot, and got to looking at new OEM lenses on the newer Corollas that were already having same fogging issue, until I ran across 1 that didnt and low and behold, that owner had switched to L E D lamps when he replaced his lenses 3 years earlier and has had no fogging issue since, I bought the new lenses and the L E D kit and has been 2 years and no fogging or discoloration since, so the L E D is better as far as the covered headlights are concerned because of the hot halogen overheating the plastic lenses Don
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ROBERT CALDERONE
Pontiac Transmissions are NOT junk. Have a 2002 Grand Prix GTP with 293000 miles on the original transmission and engine. Changed the transmission fluid and filter 4 times in 16 years and its stillruns strong. Original Supercharger is still running strong also. Replaced the supercharger belt twice. Always use premium fuel and synthetic oil. Still gets 25 MPG on Highway. BTW. car has NO RUST live in the Northeast and its parked outside. Imagine that ScottyThe only reason GM stoped building Pontiacs because they had to eliminate one of the divisions for financial reasons. The Pontiac G8 GT with the 6. 0 litre 360 horsepower V8 rear wheel drive sedan and available 6-speed standard transmission sold like hotcakes and they only built them for two years unfortunately. They should have eliminated GMC which is just a upscale Chevrolet with more bells and whistles.
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Pontiac Transmissions are NOT junk. Have a 2002 Grand Prix GTP with 293000 miles on the original transmission and engine. Changed the transmission fluid and filter 4 times in 16 years and its stillruns strong. Original Supercharger is still running strong also. Replaced the supercharger belt twice. Always use premium fuel and synthetic oil. Still gets 25 MPG on Highway. BTW. car has NO RUST live in the Northeast and its parked outside. Imagine that ScottyThe only reason GM stoped building Pontiacs because they had to eliminate one of the divisions for financial reasons. The Pontiac G8 GT with the 6. 0 litre 360 horsepower V8 rear wheel drive sedan and available 6-speed standard transmission sold like hotcakes and they only built them for two years unfortunately. They should have eliminated GMC which is just a upscale Chevrolet with more bells and whistles.
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Qball 1
Scotty, You are so right. I bought a 2000 Honda Odyssey with a blown 2nd gear. for about 6 months I did the 3 Liters of Tranny fluid out and put 3 liters in to change it since the filter was a 2500 job in Ontario, Canada. I drove it for 4 and a half years and lifted my foot to change the gear. Near the end I rarely had to and she drove really nicely. I even raced a Harley Davidson edition F150 pick up and well, the vtech did him in in the end. I finally had to retire it at age 17. 5 and with well over 430, 000 kms ( 267190 miles) because I live in the heart of the salt belt and skin cancer got to her. LOve your Channel Scotty. Keep up the great work. I am glad a far southern person like yourself understands our weather and the effects it has on cars. I try to explain it to my fellow Canadians tooThank you Scotty, Keep up the great work
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Scotty, You are so right. I bought a 2000 Honda Odyssey with a blown 2nd gear. for about 6 months I did the 3 Liters of Tranny fluid out and put 3 liters in to change it since the filter was a 2500 job in Ontario, Canada. I drove it for 4 and a half years and lifted my foot to change the gear. Near the end I rarely had to and she drove really nicely. I even raced a Harley Davidson edition F150 pick up and well, the vtech did him in in the end. I finally had to retire it at age 17. 5 and with well over 430, 000 kms ( 267190 miles) because I live in the heart of the salt belt and skin cancer got to her. LOve your Channel Scotty. Keep up the great work. I am glad a far southern person like yourself understands our weather and the effects it has on cars. I try to explain it to my fellow Canadians tooThank you Scotty, Keep up the great work
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MiltosAuto
Scotty at 0: 25 that W123 Mercedes-Benz was supposed to shift like that. Those 4-speed auto transmissions made by MB were the best exactly because of that: the more you sunk the gas pedal the later it would shift. Increments of only 1cm made a difference. If you wanted early upshift you lifted the gas pedal. Most of todays electronic trannys will upshift too early unless you floor the gas pedal or at least push it 2/3s down and hope it will hold the gear longer. Sport modes, Shift paddles/buttons, adaptive programming, so call manual modes ALL GARBAGE, nothing more enjoyable than driving a late 70s early 80s transmission made by Mercedes-Benz (other cars had them like the Porsche 928.
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Scotty at 0: 25 that W123 Mercedes-Benz was supposed to shift like that. Those 4-speed auto transmissions made by MB were the best exactly because of that: the more you sunk the gas pedal the later it would shift. Increments of only 1cm made a difference. If you wanted early upshift you lifted the gas pedal. Most of todays electronic trannys will upshift too early unless you floor the gas pedal or at least push it 2/3s down and hope it will hold the gear longer. Sport modes, Shift paddles/buttons, adaptive programming, so call manual modes ALL GARBAGE, nothing more enjoyable than driving a late 70s early 80s transmission made by Mercedes-Benz (other cars had them like the Porsche 928.
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Al Grayson
Nitrogen molecules are larger than oxygen molecules so they dont squeeze out between the butyl rubber molecules of the tire liner as fast as oxygen molecules do. To get 100% (or very close to it) nitrogen fill you would have to fill, release, fill, release repeatedly to get the oxygen and argon out. Automobile tire pressures are at most (44 psi) about 3x atmospheric (14. 6 psi sea level. Light truck tires about 5x (80 psi. Nitrogen isnt classed as an inert gas; it combines with many other elements. Nitrogen oxides are a major component of photochemical smog. But inside a tire nitrogen is effectively inert.
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Nitrogen molecules are larger than oxygen molecules so they dont squeeze out between the butyl rubber molecules of the tire liner as fast as oxygen molecules do. To get 100% (or very close to it) nitrogen fill you would have to fill, release, fill, release repeatedly to get the oxygen and argon out. Automobile tire pressures are at most (44 psi) about 3x atmospheric (14. 6 psi sea level. Light truck tires about 5x (80 psi. Nitrogen isnt classed as an inert gas; it combines with many other elements. Nitrogen oxides are a major component of photochemical smog. But inside a tire nitrogen is effectively inert.
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Andrew_koala
21% Oxygen in the air at Sea LEVEL or Sea Curve depending on your perspective of the earth. Nitrogen is the largest component. There are other components in very small quantities such as Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, Helium, Neon, Xenon, Krypton, Methane and a few others. Inflating Road going vehicles with pure nitrogen is pointless and has no merit. One is better off and ensure the Tires are at the manufacturer specified pressure, and in good condition, and that the steering mechanism is in correct alignment
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21% Oxygen in the air at Sea LEVEL or Sea Curve depending on your perspective of the earth. Nitrogen is the largest component. There are other components in very small quantities such as Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, Helium, Neon, Xenon, Krypton, Methane and a few others. Inflating Road going vehicles with pure nitrogen is pointless and has no merit. One is better off and ensure the Tires are at the manufacturer specified pressure, and in good condition, and that the steering mechanism is in correct alignment
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