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Old 01-01-2005, 10:40 PM
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strange stall - locked torque converter?

I was attempting to take a corner while accellerating in light hail in my car at about 30 mph, so I dropped it into 1st and the car stalled. I was doing 45 in 4th with the torque converter locked as I approached the turn, and intended to engine brake. I wasn't going fast enough to slide more than a couple feet out of my intended apex when it stalled, although I did have to manhandle the steering wheel for a second or 2. All 4 wheels locked up and slid when this occurred. The car started and ran fine in D for the 30+ mile drive home.

It sounds like the torque converter didn't unlock and the hail didn't allow enough traction to force the engine to keep turning over (although I'm not sure if that would have happened at such low speeds anyway). So please help me out guys; is this something I should worry over?
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Old 01-02-2005, 03:37 PM
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Re: strange stall - locked torque converter?

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I was attempting to take a corner while accellerating in light hail in my car at about 30 mph, so I dropped it into 1st and the car stalled. I was doing 45 in 4th with the torque converter locked as I approached the turn, and intended to engine brake. I wasn't going fast enough to slide more than a couple feet out of my intended apex when it stalled, although I did have to manhandle the steering wheel for a second or 2. All 4 wheels locked up and slid when this occurred. The car started and ran fine in D for the 30+ mile drive home.

It sounds like the torque converter didn't unlock and the hail didn't allow enough traction to force the engine to keep turning over (although I'm not sure if that would have happened at such low speeds anyway). So please help me out guys; is this something I should worry over?
I don't think there is any thing wrong, the torque converter would have unlocked, on the change. Pulling it back to 1st at that speed would give a heap of engine braking, so the wheels just lost traction on the hail.

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Old 01-03-2005, 12:55 AM
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The engine died when I did that . . . that's what my question was about . . . oh well, I guess everything's fine now as I tried unsuccessfully to repeat what happened in the rain tonight.
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Old 01-04-2005, 06:35 PM
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There's no way you would have stalled if your TC is unusually locked and you're still moving.

How fast were you turning and how much gas did you have in your tank?
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