auto trans is Way over full

1stgenxxx

1stgenxxx

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My trans hasn't been shifting like I thought it should when drivvin it easy. It had a pretty delayed shift. I thought it might have been low on fluid so I checked it. Thats wasn't the case at all. With the truck running in neutral it registered way over the full line on the dip stick. Could this be causing my shifting problem? I'm going to drive the saturn for a few weeks until I can order a deep tranny pan good ATF and a new filter. I've heard people say that it could blow seals out but I have been drivving it like this for months and it hasn't. It just shifts like :poop:. Toobad I don't have the coil for a zf-6speed swap:shaking:
 
I checked it in neutral and park. It gave me the same reading both times. It's a dodge 2500 CTD.
 
Sometimes it doesn't matter or their is some degree of accuracy on the dipstick.

I've seen countless dipsticks that were not accurate to the factory specs. I don't know for sure.... but I believe that a tightly sealed enclosure ( your transmission) has a slight vaccum/suck when you first pull the dipstick which causes the fluid to real slightly higher than it actually is.

Like said, check it by the factory owners manual specs.

It could be countless other things...

When was the last time any trans fluid was added?
 
It was done by the PO
 
having way too much is just as bad for the tranny as having way too little.....drain it, fill it to however many are sposed to be in it and you'll prolly be good
 
This could very well be the shift problem. I inherited a Mercury Grand Marquis from my grandmother when she died and it had always had a shudder when shifting from the time my grandparents bought it. I drove it back from CO and did a tranny service and it shifted fine from then on. I'd just drain some out and recheck till you get the right level and see how it shifts. Then later you can do a tranny service etc. I'd make sure that's what it was before spending the money on a new trans pan etc.
 
rattlecanpaint said:
I'd make sure that's what it was before spending the money on a new trans pan etc.
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Absolutely. I'd spend that money on a tranny filter and some royal purple before I dropped the pan. But I'm cheap. I can't see how a deeper pan could possibly hurt your situation other than it being money you didn't *need* to spend so what the hell?

If you change the filter, add more fluid and use a deeper pan and never have a complaint out of the tranny again then I'm sure you won't be kicking yourself over the deep pan.
 
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