KC90
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Well I am back with more transmission issues.
This time, Im not so sure its the valvebody. I replaced the seperater plate, EPC solenoid and updated the relief valve almost 1000 miles ago, so unless Ford's update is even more faulty then the old original spring dohicky, I just cant see the VB blowing again so soon.
On to my symptoms... Its not like my first VB blowout, at all. I have all gears all the time, but either get a delay or lose OD after awhile. My 2nd gear has flare and delay shifting to 3rd most of the time, but not all. The rest of the gears are fine.
2nd will go to around 2500-3000rpm before shifting into 3rd while lightfoot driving. My normal experience is it will do this when I floor it, not lightfoot drive it.
My OD will not engage untill either I floor it 80KMH+ or I go past 100KMH (Actually, it engages right at 100KMH.) And will slip itself back to 4th if I go under 100KMH.
After awhile of driving, especially through a city, the OD OFF light will flash and I will only lose OD gear. DRIVE will still go through gears 1-4 and R and manual 1 2 still engage. After restarting the vehicle I regain OD untill the OD OFF starts flashing again later on.
My first VB blowout, after the tranny warmed up I lost all gears and when my OD OFF started flashing the tranny would go into "limp mode" and lock into the limp gear. This time it happens even if the tranny is cold and it wont do its "limp mode" thing when OD OFF flashes - I will still shift through 1-4 just no OD.
My thoughts are the bands. I read loose/worn bands can cause delay in 2nd and OD I will try adjusting my bands and look at my sensors. If nothing then I guess Ive got a valvebody issue, which sucks because I no longer have access to a vehicle hoist.
Also, I just replaced my O2 sensors, which cured my CE light which has been on since I bought my eX. So the CE light hasnt been tripped for the tranny issues, just OD OFF.
Any thoughts are welcome, thanks.
This time, Im not so sure its the valvebody. I replaced the seperater plate, EPC solenoid and updated the relief valve almost 1000 miles ago, so unless Ford's update is even more faulty then the old original spring dohicky, I just cant see the VB blowing again so soon.
On to my symptoms... Its not like my first VB blowout, at all. I have all gears all the time, but either get a delay or lose OD after awhile. My 2nd gear has flare and delay shifting to 3rd most of the time, but not all. The rest of the gears are fine.
2nd will go to around 2500-3000rpm before shifting into 3rd while lightfoot driving. My normal experience is it will do this when I floor it, not lightfoot drive it.
My OD will not engage untill either I floor it 80KMH+ or I go past 100KMH (Actually, it engages right at 100KMH.) And will slip itself back to 4th if I go under 100KMH.
After awhile of driving, especially through a city, the OD OFF light will flash and I will only lose OD gear. DRIVE will still go through gears 1-4 and R and manual 1 2 still engage. After restarting the vehicle I regain OD untill the OD OFF starts flashing again later on.
My first VB blowout, after the tranny warmed up I lost all gears and when my OD OFF started flashing the tranny would go into "limp mode" and lock into the limp gear. This time it happens even if the tranny is cold and it wont do its "limp mode" thing when OD OFF flashes - I will still shift through 1-4 just no OD.
My thoughts are the bands. I read loose/worn bands can cause delay in 2nd and OD I will try adjusting my bands and look at my sensors. If nothing then I guess Ive got a valvebody issue, which sucks because I no longer have access to a vehicle hoist.
Also, I just replaced my O2 sensors, which cured my CE light which has been on since I bought my eX. So the CE light hasnt been tripped for the tranny issues, just OD OFF.
Any thoughts are welcome, thanks.
