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but, i looked on the maitenance schedule and didnt see that the filter change was listed how often should this filter be changed, do you think?
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i did all the other stuff the manual said too, like putting it in each gear before idling in park to check the level...
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The fact he is saying it happens at the FIRST traffic lights indicates he is treating it as a problem related to a cold engine/gearbox. It will also be more difficult to pass cold thick oil through a partially clogged strainer, a problem that will lessen as the oil heats up and thins, and cures the pressure problem you mention. For sure he should check the linkage as you say, but it is also possible the clogged strainer will "appear" to have an overfull oil level when the oil is cold and thick, so this may still need looking at. Joe
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The ATF needs to be changed once a year, that would be when the visual inspection gets done. Joe
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I started a thread bout it a while ago http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=37996
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just as an update
the car hasn't had any problems within the last two days, however i got lucky today and hit the light when it was green. i also tried driving around in 3 call me an idiot for asking this but im assuming when everyone says they drive in 3, they start out from a stop in 1 then shift to 2 and finally to 3, yeah? and also, what would the "speed limit" be for 3rd gear, on average, about 50?
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By driving in 3 around town you are denying the auto the option of selecting D, which is an overdrive. This has a double bonus in terms of shifts [which gradually wear the clutches], in that there is one less change up for the box to perform, plus if you are going slowly it does not need to shift down either because it decides D[4] is too high. Once past the speed limit area on the open road you can select D as an overdrive, which will be a little quieter for driving. I'm not sure what you mean by "speed limit". If you mean the max achievable speed, that would be around 135 mph at 6700 revs or so.
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Thanks for the info, Trevor. You're invaluable, as always.
As for speeds, I let it go to D at 40. Anywhere 40 and above, it'll grab 4th and make a nice growl (1600RPM or so). Yay Stebro! I'll check that thread, thanks Richard. Craig
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It is nice indeed to be able to address a member by their christian name. Be sure that you did not hijack this thread, as your query was relevant. Your thanks to both Richard and myself are very much valued. Sincerely, Trevor.
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thanks for that ive been going from 1st, to 2nd, to 3rd....ahaha it will all be so much easier now once again though, i am a bit confused the car has been running fine in the mornings, no problems so i decided to check my ATF today to see where it sat and just like last time i let it run in park on a level surface, but the ATF level on the dipstick was at Low so, im just going to throw out an idea could the filter possibly have been clogged, and then when i pumped some out, it helped the filter let oil through? because now the stick says low, so im just guessing that maybe there never really was "too much" ATF in the tranny?? maybe the filter wasnt able to let oil through when there was too much in there...i really dont know
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It's easily checked Trevor. Drain it, drop the transmission sump and inspect the strainer. Clean or replace as necessary. Also replace the external filter if there is one, they are not expensive, better to be sure. Joe
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In response to Joe's statement above (below),
"Remember the oil will be very slow to heat up in your cold location, partly because of the oil cooler in the rad." I am a believer that half the reason for having the trans cooler incorporated into the radiator is to use the engines heat, via the coolant in the radiator, to speed-up the warming to operating temp of the transmission fluid. When the ATF temp exceeds the temp of the coolant, then the radiator is acting as a cooling (heat dissipating) device. My heater core receives warm coolant in a couple of minutes from the motor, so I assume that it starts heating the ATF, although slowly, at around the same time. That is what my logic is telling me anyway.
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Spot on. You're not confused at all!
The oil [atf] cooler is a liquid/liquid cooler or heat exchanger if you like. Because liquids are better in terms of heat capacity than gases such as air, they can heat more quickly or cool more quickly, depending on the temperature differential. For this very reason I don't like to see people disconnecting the OEM oil cooler after they put in an additional cooler. The OEM cooler is designed to be proficient at getting the coolant, which is heating up, to warm up the ATF oil, so the gearbox is working efficiently in a short space of time. However, bear this one fact in mind; this man is driving his car in sub zero temperatures. The thermostat will close off the radiator in very cold situations in order to let the engine warm up in the jacket to get to good temperature for the engine oil. If driving with the thermostat closed so the rad is not in use, you have a very cold rad getting cooled more by the cold air of passage, so the oil coming from the gearbox into the corner of that rad is being cooled, not warmed, unless the thermostat opens. In such driving situations the oil from the gearbox is going to be very heavy and viscous. In fact, even if the thermostat was open and the rad was starting to heat up, I'll warrant the amount of cooling available from driving in the sub-zero air may well be sufficient to keep the oil temperatures colder than optimal anyway, particularly in a car like the SVX that ambles along at extremely low revs because of the way the gearbox instantly seeks the higher ranges. I myself would tend to drive in 3 or 2 in such situations, but I like my heat when driving. Joe
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