Help! I think I have a tranny problem!

[mcgaskins]

I have a lady friend who drives a 93 Explorer Sport and left it to me to try to fix while she is on vacation. I drove it today and think there may be a tranny problem. When you begin to drive, it does not want to shift out of first gear. If you let the engine rev at a somewhat constant pace and take your foot off the accelerator completely for about 2 seconds, it will shift into second gear and everything is pretty good from there. Could it just need a tranny flush with a high quality fluid? I am also concerned (probably not related) because she accidentally put in deisel fuel about a month ago (about a gallon or so). It does have a bit of a hesitation I believe to be caused by this. Do you guys have any feedback? Thanks a ton!

 

[jimbo74]

drain the tank immediately.... diesel will ignite at temps half of what gas needs..... cuasing major detonation and other problems.... it may even cuase the tranny problem......

1 empty gas tank and add new fuel
2 do a tranny flush with filter
3 if it still does it have the torque converter/tranny inspected

 

[aldive]

I doubt there is a problem from the diesal. 1 gal diluterd with the tanks gas over several ( I assume ) fill ups over the months time.

 

[Rhett]

She put diesel instead of gas in it! I've heard it all now. Geez this should be in that thread about women drivers.

 

[jimbo74]

Originally posted by Rhett Browning
She put diesel instead of gas in it! I've heard it all now. Geez this should be in that thread about women drivers.

it cant be... char closed that thread

 

[aldive]

Originally posted by Rhett Browning
She put diesel instead of gas in it! I've heard it all now. Geez this should be in that thread about women drivers.

If you think thatts bad, you should see where some boaters put fuel - into rod holders for one example.

Truly amazing......

 

[mcgaskins]

Originally posted by Rhett Browning
She put diesel instead of gas in it! I've heard it all now. Geez this should be in that thread about women drivers.

I know, I know. I already gave her a ton of crap for it, but she was having a pretty bad day and was on a long road trip to Denver from Flagstaff. Do you guys have any other suggestions? TIA

 

[Jason_25]

Yeah I'd say that's definitely the tranny. My friend's '93 did this before it finally crapped out.

 

[addkev]

If anything a little bit of diesel would help clean the engine up, on some of our older tractors we will run alittle diesel through it to help clean out some of the crud. But that is weird because the nozzle for diesel is bigger than the nozzle for gas and it shouldn't have fit into the hole to the gas tank, but who knows.

 

[ld50]

?
I thought a diesel nozzle wouldn`t fit in the hole?
Isn`t it oversized so people who are not coherent can`t do that?

Chuckle. funny thing, that...

Didja know Mr. Diesel got into so much debt while designing the engine that he had to sell the patent to people who got rich off it?
He committed suicide by jumping off a ferry!

As for the tranny, could it be that she doesn`t check the fluid? Or if she ran it dry at one time it could be that things are a little off inside there.
If it has a lot of miles on it, it may just be biodegrading, like alot of others have.

I`m not helping am I?

 

[Luv2explorer]

A few years ago, my tranny would stick in 1st, and 2nd. I went and had a complete tranny flush, and had the filter replaced. It was good as new till the overdrive crapped out a year later. I would try that.

 

[Rhett]

it cant be... char closed that thread

lol.

I know that! I just meant it _could_ go in that thread and wouldnt be out of place.

 

[FlyingButtmonkey]

Okay, I'm stuck on dial up so I just did a quick search and came up with this, that is kinda related to my question, so I'm going to ask my question here. My friend's 91 Sport is gay like this too, it won't go into second, or it will grind into second with a lot of force. It almost never goes in smothly. Now, I'm wondering, and since he doesn't really wanna keep it anymore, since he put about 7,000 bucks, no ****ting you here, into repairs, if we can kinda stop this temporarly. This way he can trade it in, and let be a dealerships problem. Now I'm no tranny expert, but this is a syncro problem right? Now I know that the DSM's have problems like this, they flush the tranny, put in BG Syncromesh, and it stops it for a little while. Now has anyone done this? Or have a idea if I'm on the right track? I mean, it's worth a shot right? He's (or his parent's actually) are getting ready to put a new tranny into it, but they are waiting for another month or so, untill they have the money. So I figured, if he can get what, 3500 bucks for a trade in on this low milege, new engine, new everything else, 91 sport, take the 2grand that the tranny is going to cost, and some extra money that he has, and buy a car. Since he goes to college, and will be commuting home 60 miles, and he wants something faster and funner. This would be a good time right. Of course it's one of those crazy idea's I came up with, but do you think this might be a temporary fix?

 

[FlyingButtmonkey]

Double post... damn dial-up

 

[1991XLT]

Originally posted by FlyingButtmonkey
Okay, I'm stuck on dial up so I just did a quick search and came up with this, that is kinda related to my question, so I'm going to ask my question here. My friend's 91 Sport is gay like this too, it won't go into second, or it will grind into second with a lot of force. It almost never goes in smothly. Now, I'm wondering, and since he doesn't really wanna keep it anymore, since he put about 7,000 bucks, no ****ting you here, into repairs, if we can kinda stop this temporarly. This way he can trade it in, and let be a dealerships problem. Now I'm no tranny expert, but this is a syncro problem right? Now I know that the DSM's have problems like this, they flush the tranny, put in BG Syncromesh, and it stops it for a little while. Now has anyone done this? Or have a idea if I'm on the right track? I mean, it's worth a shot right? He's (or his parent's actually) are getting ready to put a new tranny into it, but they are waiting for another month or so, untill they have the money. So I figured, if he can get what, 3500 bucks for a trade in on this low milege, new engine, new everything else, 91 sport, take the 2grand that the tranny is going to cost, and some extra money that he has, and buy a car. Since he goes to college, and will be commuting home 60 miles, and he wants something faster and funner. This would be a good time right. Of course it's one of those crazy idea's I came up with, but do you think this might be a temporary fix?

Well.. the first question is about and Auto I am assuming.. and your question is about a manual.. Two different problems.. the auto question.. I have no clue.. the manual question.. yes.. if it wont go into gear.. it is most likely the syncros that are worn out.. quick band-aid? dunno.. never found anything that worked for that..

 

[ld50]

Okay, I'm stuck on dial up so I just did a quick search and came up with this, that is kinda related to my question

Mine doesn`t like to go into second gear quickly. Undoubtably the sychros.

I`ve noticed that pausing for a sec in neutral before hitting second helps.
Also, don`t rev first gear out too much and start your shift when the tach is between 2500-3000 rpms. Enter second @ about 1500 rpms.

If you find the sweet spot, where everything is turning at the same speed, you don`t even need the synchros, -or the clutch, for that matter.