BrokenSockets
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Ayr, Ontario
96 XJ 4.0 AW4 242
Hey guys, I am having a transmission issue with the AW4.
I was towing a trailer uphill on the highway one day last week and had RPMs at about 4k at 45 mph. Pulled off the highway and could smell burnt trans fluid. It looked black, smelled burnt, and a lot runnier than normal. Shifting very late, jerky while stopped and in gear. I had no choice but to limp it home on the back roads (couple hundred miles.)
I have a good AW4 in my parts jeep but didn't feel like digging it out of the snow at -30.
After I got home I noticed I have a major leak at the downpipe flange - broken bolts probably from several stuck-in-snowdrift excursions (and that's just in my driveway at the farm.) The exhaust look like it was blowing directly onto the transmission. I was waiting at a warehouse out of town and idling for about an hour the day before. Wondering if I killed the fluid with the heat and that alone could be all the trouble.
I am going to pull the pan, change the filter, and do a full flush through the cooler lines until it runs clean tonight. What are the chances that I may have done some damage driving it with bad fluid and is there anything to look for with the pan off - or should I just do filter and fluid and see what happens?
Hey guys, I am having a transmission issue with the AW4.
I was towing a trailer uphill on the highway one day last week and had RPMs at about 4k at 45 mph. Pulled off the highway and could smell burnt trans fluid. It looked black, smelled burnt, and a lot runnier than normal. Shifting very late, jerky while stopped and in gear. I had no choice but to limp it home on the back roads (couple hundred miles.)
I have a good AW4 in my parts jeep but didn't feel like digging it out of the snow at -30.
After I got home I noticed I have a major leak at the downpipe flange - broken bolts probably from several stuck-in-snowdrift excursions (and that's just in my driveway at the farm.) The exhaust look like it was blowing directly onto the transmission. I was waiting at a warehouse out of town and idling for about an hour the day before. Wondering if I killed the fluid with the heat and that alone could be all the trouble.
I am going to pull the pan, change the filter, and do a full flush through the cooler lines until it runs clean tonight. What are the chances that I may have done some damage driving it with bad fluid and is there anything to look for with the pan off - or should I just do filter and fluid and see what happens?