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Bret Brinkmann · 05-31-2002, 10:19 PM

Here is how to check your TC and what signs to look for and LISTEN for. First you need to have access to a lift. The car must be level to check the fluid. So once you have it on the lift in the air check your fluids in both the TC and transaxle. Fill them if they are low. Their are two different signs of fluid escaping the case. One is the most obvious. Fluid all over the TC possibley with a steady drip or in sever cases, a stream of fluid comeing form one of any TC seals and/or gaskets. The other is not very damgerous but you should keep an eye on it and get it fixed. Look for areas that look like they have been sprayed or had fluid spilled on them. This the begining of a leak. It is called seeping. It will get worse over time so now is the time to repair it. NOT WHEN THE RECALL IS ISSUED!!!! For saftys sake, do not count on this recall to happen. None of you need to take a chance with your life. Just get it fixed now and be down with it. You can easily do it your self for the price of a few exhuast gaskets and the seal itself. It takes about an hour or two.

A sign that your TC is running dry would be the "wrrrrr" noise that Neils94VR4 is descibing. Neil, you need to get the car toed to some place and have it looked at and filled with fluid. DO NOT DRIVE IT!!!! Your life isn't worth the cost of towing your car. (Be sure to get a flat bed tow truck only.) This "wrrr" noise is caused by a bearing going out. With out the fluid pressent the friction of spinning the bearing wears out the bearing hundreds of times faster. The fluid also helps reduce the noises that bearing and gears make also. Some of you may know that if you hear a "wrrrr" noise our howling noise from one fo the wheel that means the wheel bearing is bad. The same is true for the bearings in the TC. Neil, have the fluid level checked, filled, and then test driven to see if it is the TC or some other bearing going out. If it can still be heard when the TC is filled then replace the TC. Forget the recall and save your car and yourself.

05-31-2002, 10:19 PM	#107 (permalink)
Bret Brinkmann Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Charlotte NC Drives: Rear wheels only... Trader Rating: (4)	Here is how to check your TC and what signs to look for and LISTEN for. First you need to have access to a lift. The car must be level to check the fluid. So once you have it on the lift in the air check your fluids in both the TC and transaxle. Fill them if they are low. Their are two different signs of fluid escaping the case. One is the most obvious. Fluid all over the TC possibley with a steady drip or in sever cases, a stream of fluid comeing form one of any TC seals and/or gaskets. The other is not very damgerous but you should keep an eye on it and get it fixed. Look for areas that look like they have been sprayed or had fluid spilled on them. This the begining of a leak. It is called seeping. It will get worse over time so now is the time to repair it. NOT WHEN THE RECALL IS ISSUED!!!! For saftys sake, do not count on this recall to happen. None of you need to take a chance with your life. Just get it fixed now and be down with it. You can easily do it your self for the price of a few exhuast gaskets and the seal itself. It takes about an hour or two. A sign that your TC is running dry would be the "wrrrrr" noise that Neils94VR4 is descibing. Neil, you need to get the car toed to some place and have it looked at and filled with fluid. DO NOT DRIVE IT!!!! Your life isn't worth the cost of towing your car. (Be sure to get a flat bed tow truck only.) This "wrrr" noise is caused by a bearing going out. With out the fluid pressent the friction of spinning the bearing wears out the bearing hundreds of times faster. The fluid also helps reduce the noises that bearing and gears make also. Some of you may know that if you hear a "wrrrr" noise our howling noise from one fo the wheel that means the wheel bearing is bad. The same is true for the bearings in the TC. Neil, have the fluid level checked, filled, and then test driven to see if it is the TC or some other bearing going out. If it can still be heard when the TC is filled then replace the TC. Forget the recall and save your car and yourself. __________________ When asked what the best thing to come out of Italy is, most Italians will tell you Ferrari.... But if you ask me it was Super Mario Brothers. 250 RWHP If you want the exploded views of both 5 and 6 speeds or pics e-mail me at SavagTiger@AOL.com. 94 VR-4 Panama Green Tan Interior RPS II, gutted cats, flipped BPV, 3SX control arms, 3SX shift bushings, Red Line, Auto-Meter. Rebuilt TC, transaxle, steering rack, heads, and turbos. 360cc's blue printened with in 1%. New short block. RWD convertion and welded rear end.