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trans. fluid ran dry in a 1995 C220.....TOAST?
my wife called on the cell, stranded, 3 miles from home because the car started slipping so bad it wouldn't move forward. i arrived to rescue. the car ran in reverse just fine but not forward. in drive, i revved the engine and it started slipping forward, then moving, still slipping. after a mad slipping dash home, i checked the fluid...dry. so i put in 2 quarts so it shows full on the stick.
BUT the car still doesn't move forward unless i WAY rev the engine. what have i destroyed or what can i do? thanks ps. i found a place online that says they can do a 'soft parts' rebuild for $1300...sounds good but i wonder how many hundreds more for hard parts....and the infamous torque converter....(is it toast?) |
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I would start hunting for a parted out vehicle and get the tranny. I'm not sure how far your wife drove it dry, but I'd say it's probably beyond a "soft rebuild". Pull the tranny pan off and inspect for metal shavings...that might give you a better indication.
I guess the real question is, how did the tranny run itself dry?! Hose? Gasket?
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thanks....i'll start lookin. i guess i still wonder why, when the fluid was put back in, that didn't at least make SOME difference.
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You aren't alone...mine flares a lot, and neither the K1 install nor modulator adjustments nor switching to synthetic fluid solved the problem. So my backup sits quietly in the garage awaiting a future swap:
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i would set aside any assumptions on the condition of the tranny until you make sure you have enough fluid in there.if it was dry to the point of not functioning 2 litres is not going to do it.i beleive more like 8 litres is needed to fill tranny and torque convertor
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I have a 1988 420 SEL that quit moving forward one day right in the middle of heavy traffic near DC. I had the same thing of reverse but not much forward. I got it into a parking area and found a dry dipstick. I put in two quarts and it has run fine since. That was about a year and a half ago. Since then I put in part of a quart to bring it up. Also that was about 4 thousand miles back. Maybe I was lucky. Jerry
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