Flare on tranny shift
 

Hi,

My car's an '87 190E 2.3 8V. I replaced my vacuum modulator a few months back because my car was shifting hard and I was loosing a lot of tranny fluid through the modulator.

I've been test driving it ever since as recommended. I noticed that if I do granny driving, the shifting between gears is smooth. But if I do a power take-off's I noticed that it flares between gears. Short flares only, around a second (meaning one thousand one) before it catches the next gear. Is this normal? If not normal, what does this indicate?

I never drove this car in perfect condition (but I'm trying to get there) so I have no point of comparison. Hope you guys can enlighten me.

Thanks in advance.

adjust the new modulator that you put in by one full turn clockwise.you may need more but this is good place to start.

Thanks for the reply.

Just a follow-up, so the modulator isn't that sensitive? Any idea how much psi change per turn? I don't have a vacuum gauge so I'll do it blind.

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