Superdan Well-Hard Bangin' Member Member 3,422 Member For: 19y 1m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perff, WA Posted 17/04/08 01:16 PM Posted 17/04/08 01:16 PM Sup y'all, have to take a break from my comic genius duties as I have a weird little problem!easy cruisy driving as per most of my driving is, steadily through 1st, second and then into third. coming up from 40-50kms until 60kms is normal, and then 60kms comes and the car feels like it changes up a gear into fourth. the revs drop, I can feel the car loosen up as if it'd gone up a gear, and then I change into fourth. any thoughts ladies and jellybeans???all comments questions and queries welcome, helpful or hilarious!!CheersDan
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 22y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 17/04/08 01:19 PM Posted 17/04/08 01:19 PM Torque convertor ...or has it just started doing this?
fnp Member 38 Member For: 20y 1m 15d Location: Perth Posted 17/04/08 01:20 PM Posted 17/04/08 01:20 PM Torque converter locking up.. nothing to worry about and perfectly normal.
Superdan Well-Hard Bangin' Member Member 3,422 Member For: 19y 1m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perff, WA Posted 17/04/08 01:31 PM Author Posted 17/04/08 01:31 PM only noticed it over the last month or so...!?and what erzactly do you mean by it 'locking up'?? as in it's not engaging until it's needed/required?also wouldn't it only be doing that under a bit more load? not the other way around? ie: it doesnt do it under a bootfulCheersDan
Fat-Tony Legacy Donating Member 5,364 Member For: 20y 6m 1d Posted 17/04/08 02:56 PM Posted 17/04/08 02:56 PM (edited) Your lock out is engaged, on the Ford it does this in 3rd and 4th gear. Think of it as an overdrive which is engaged at light throttle applications to drop engine RPM and save you fuel. 3rd gear lock out is not needed and a pain in the arse if you ask me. Only time I ever notice it is when the car is in manual or performance mode as any other time the car will sit in 4th gear cruising at any speed. Like you care about fuel economy if the car is in manual or performance mode. Edited 17/04/08 02:57 PM by Fatsex
Superdan Well-Hard Bangin' Member Member 3,422 Member For: 19y 1m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perff, WA Posted 17/04/08 03:02 PM Author Posted 17/04/08 03:02 PM (edited) well thanks for the very informative response Fats, greatly appreciated!seems as though everything is as normal, as I have only just started usuing manual mode all the time in the last month or so.all good then, Cheers all, and especially the Fat one!!Dan Edited 17/04/08 03:03 PM by Superdan
arronm Dropping a turd Legacy Donating Member 9,520 Member For: 18y 10m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/04/08 03:50 PM Posted 17/04/08 03:50 PM only noticed it over the last month or so...!?and what erzactly do you mean by it 'locking up'?? as in it's not engaging until it's needed/required?also wouldn't it only be doing that under a bit more load? not the other way around? ie: it doesnt do it under a bootfulCheersDanJust realized you had an auto. I have seen this problem before, you will find it is the thing connected to the gear shifter on the drivers side.
Superdan Well-Hard Bangin' Member Member 3,422 Member For: 19y 1m 2d Gender: Male Location: Perff, WA Posted 17/04/08 03:56 PM Author Posted 17/04/08 03:56 PM
Fat-Tony Legacy Donating Member 5,364 Member For: 20y 6m 1d Posted 18/04/08 12:04 AM Posted 18/04/08 12:04 AM lol RIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHT
XR06T Legacy Donating Member 4,146 Member For: 21y 2m 30d Gender: Male Posted 18/04/08 12:30 AM Posted 18/04/08 12:30 AM Just realized you had an auto. I have seen this problem before, you will find it is the thing connected to the gear shifter on the drivers side.hahahaha nice
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