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Hello,
First off, thank you for taking the time to read my post.I am a proud owner of a 1997 Subaru Legacy 2.2l Sedan with a little over 80k miles.
Now from what I understand Subaru’s tend to last “more than 100k” miles.
Now with that being said;1. To my knowledge the TRANs fluid has never been changed
2. I have already replaced the spark plugs and the fuel filter
3. I have “seafoamed” the car
4. And I don’t drive the car how it shouldn’t be driven.The Problem:
I think this is related to the transmission somehow *correct me if i’m wrong*
and i’m open to any and all suggestions on how to fix/improve this issue.
SOMETIMES when I start my car, and go to drive; something just isn’t right. [br]
Now bear with me while I try to explain the issue,
its difficult to explain and most people don’t understand.When I go to drive the car, it almost feels as if it is stuck in first gear or I have the parking break on or something of that nature. I can “floor” the gas pedal and still only move very slow [>5mph] and as the car is moving it almost sounds as though every tire is moving at a different time.
I attached a videoto better help you understand what I mean. This is not a very good quality video, since it was dark and I was not planning on taking a video, I just needed proof so people stop calling me crazy.***For some reason the video wouldn’t attach. Here is the link to it in my DropBox account***
[video src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ompnfrfm72ov4v6/VID_20130808_045101.mp4" /]At the beginning of the video, you can hear me step on the gas pedal hard, but as you can tell the car barely moves at all. I am on a flat surface, no hills or anything like that. After that, you can hear the tires ripping gravel around, you can’t hear the other 3 tires but they were all moving at different times it seemed and it should not make that much noise just from turning. I don’t really really understand what could cause this and like I said it only happens a couple times a month. Oddly enough, it seems to only happen in the summer when its hot. It has never once happened in the winter.
I am open to any suggestions or theories anyone can throw at me! I am so lost I don’t even know what to say to anyone. I took it to subaru and they basically laughed at me and said I was crazy and everything seemed to be fine {after charging me $80 fors a diagnostics test} :pinch: :angry:
Needless to say i’m desperate! Help!
Thanks again for your time!
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It sounds like a line pressure/fluid problem.
In the winter no problems due to cold weather
thicker fluid.hot weather thinner fluid/viscosity.
I would change the fluid and see if your problem improves.https://www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/solving-transmission-problems
[quote=”twiggy02919″ post=69484]Also check your differential fluid.[/quote]
[quote=”college man” post=69468]It sounds like a line pressure/fluid problem.
In the winter no problems due to cold weather
thicker fluid.hot weather thinner fluid/viscosity.
I would change the fluid and see if your problem improves.https://www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/solving-transmission-problems%5B/quote%5D
Thank you both! Would you recommend using Lucas additive when changing the TRANS fluid? Also, do yo I have any idea where/how to change the differential fluid?
Thank you form your input! The only thing I’m worried about is I heard that when you change your fluid for the first time and you have a lot of miles on your car, is that your transmission has a good chance of failing afterwards. I don’t really want that to happen and I saw ETCG put Lucas in his same year, same model Subaru. That’s why I was going to add the Lucas.
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