whats up guys yesterday i was driving home from work and as i was stuck in the usual traffic i start accelerating and the car shifts fine into 2nd, very rough shift into 3rd, and nonexistent 4th. So i drove to a local Acura dealer and picked up the 3rd and 4th pressure switches and swapped them out(2nd time ive done this). The switch swap fixed the 3rd gear shift issue, however didnt fix the 4th gear issue. Im thinking the trans is toast but i would like 2nd opinions... as of now, when im in 3rd, it will accelerate fine but then at about 35 mph, it will lose power and decel sporatically.

 

Prior to this did you change the fluid at all? How many miles? Original tranny?

 

Fluid was changed prior to me purchasing the car(so they said) at 124000... it now has 174xxx... and to my knowledge that is the original trans... the fluid as of last year was still very clean fluid. now it doesnt look so good

 

UPDATE: Just changed the fluid for the 1st time since ive owned the car and the fluid was horribly NOT healthy at all. although i drove it today prior and the symtoms were gone which suggests the highway drive was overheating the trans and fluid which was causing it to shift hard/not shift at all. I will keep people updated as if this doesnt fix it, then i will be looking into a rebuild/another trans, both of which i dont have the money for but if this can last me until my integra back to road worthy state, i will let this thing sit until i have a trans to put in.

Any other suggestions will be greatly appreciated as well

 

Keep us updated! What fluid did you use?


I have my fingers crossed for ya, hope it works out!

 

unfortunately the only fluid the local autostores in my area carry castrol maxx... it says on the back of the bottle it is compliant with atf-z1 fluid. i will keep u updated i have to work tonight but im not going to drive it for work as i dont wanna risk it breaking down so far away from my house. i will take it for a long drive tomorrow around my garage and home to test drive it.

 

UPDATE: I drove it around all day today and so far its shifting better than the other day. However, the damage is done as its slipping mild to moderately. I will keep a close eye on it and hope it last me until either i have the money for the rebuild or get my integra on the road.