1989 300TE driveability
 

Hi,
My most accurate desrciption of the driveability of this nice wagon is as follows: First of all if you're just sitting in park on a level surface, put the gear in reverse, I need to push the gas pedal a bit more than usual :confused: to get the car going. It'll go, but seems to need a little help from me to get what I think is a normal roll back. Once I'm on the rode and in Drive now, seems to need a little more than normal of a push on the gas to get the car going normal. Almost as if the car needs to kick into another gear, but won't. Again, seems to need a constant strong foot on the gas in order to get the car to maintain it's speed. Take your foot off the pedal and it seems to slow down quicker than what I believe is normal. Just looking for an expert opinion of what this could be. I recently got a transmission flush.

Thank youy for any feedback

I've had a sticky brake caliper behave that way.

I have heard that these tranny flushes for the most part are bad news. That sometimes all that crap they dislodge, some can get into places it shouldnt...dont quote me on that. For the most part...i read that if your tranny has lots of miles on it...flushing is not a good thing....But...I know nothing about it (you should research tranny flushing)....I just find it interesting that you're having what sounds like possible tranny slipping problems after a flush...and you mention very clearly that you just had a flush done.

Now, are you saying that your car was working just fine before the flush...and now erratic after the flush? Or, was this why you got the flush in the first place?

I had a strange similar thing happen to me with a different car. I took the car in for a smog....and when I got it back....I had to give it more gas to get it going in reverse or forward. After about a block of this...I pulled over...and started looking around...I could smell hot brake pad...you know that wonderful asbestos smell? Turns out that the mech had my emergency brake on (which I have never used), and that the dash light was not lighting due to a dirty socket. Makes the car run like a slipping tranny.