quick question about transmission and fluid level...
 

What do you guys know about the level and when its too low making the tranny act up.
Ok, what I mean is if the fluid was like a quart and a half low would it make the tranny act up.

And acting up I mean when its that low and approching a highway at like 30 to 39 mph and flooring it and it revved and went to neutral instead.

So I checked the fluid and found that it was a quart and a half low so I filled it and little over hash marks and now the problem is gone.

So I guess my real question is; is this tipical?

ya, ive had a problem or two and i added fluid and it went away

yes, keep the level up!

do we have any tech info on transmissions and fluid levels?

like what? i have a 97 fsms, and i can look up whatever you need.

I just wanted to know if there is a post out there that goes into fluid levels and why low tranny fluid will make it act up.....

I'm just searching for reasurrance on my tranny and that its fixed for good.

im sure that is the cause. because for pretty much every tranny problem listed in the fsm, low fluid is the first thing to check.

Sounds good to me...thanks for the reasurrance...transmission fixed.

yeah actually it seems that is the case because mine even did that when i changed my trans fluid, i underfilled it justa bit and it was slipping and was acting wierd and sorta did a neutral thing when i floored it...mine was about 2 qts under...i filled it and it has not worried me since and that was 9 months ago...so IMO it is probably just a safety measure built in so the trand cannot be damaged or something.

Glad to here that I'm not the only person with this weird problem...thanks for all the responses guys :2thumbup:

Not really. When your fluid is low, there's not enough in the pan to reach the pickup, thus starving the trans of fluid and dropping pressure. That's not a "safety measure", it's a symptom of an underfilled transmission. It's doing a little bit of damage every time you do that. Even though the trans works when you fill it to the proper level, each time you starved it lessened the life of it, if only by just a little bit.

Mine sort did when it develop leak in line to the stock cooler.

Agreed...

Lets look at it ths way... Low on fluid, the trans can't pick up the fluid in the pan... It takes in air and fluid and they mix creating little bubbles... This willnot keep the trans lubricated, nor will it keep oall of the passages / circuits full for the clutch pack apply( Not a trans guy but it sounds good doesn't it )....

I have seen a couple that ran the trans low on fluid and the end result was a damaged trans that would hardly move the car.... Upon removing the trans pan, most of the friction material was in the pan...

Lets keep in mind, This Is In No Way A Saftey Feature... If the trans is low on fluid and you hit a neautral of sorts, you are doing that trans no good..

I had this problem one time on my 91 LE... As soon as I got through the door I grabbed a papertowel and checkd the fluid... I too was low... I have never had the issue again..

And we may need to get a techinfo on the tranny fluid checking procedure..

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