Dirtiest transmission fluid ever?
09-14-2014, 07:08 PM
#46
CF Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Nor-Cal Coast
Posts: 10,489
Likes: 0
Received 17 Likes
on
17 Posts
Year: 90,84
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0,2.5
Yes. Maybe a little less lately. Oh! the Jeep!, yea normally. The "seeking" is pretty rare. Like I said, "on the right slope, with the right wind". If I feel like I'm lugging on a grade I'll hit it, otherwise I'm after the MPG's.
09-14-2014, 08:31 PM
#47
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,939
Received 1,541 Likes
on
1,248 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
You're not gaining MPGs in Comfort mode.
09-15-2014, 06:32 AM
#48
Seasoned Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 317
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
After changing fluid and driving it some it doesn't seem to have helped the downshifting. I plan on draining and change fluid again in the next week or two. Doing research I read the shift solenoid can go out. How would I go about testing those? Could that be a possible probably?
09-15-2014, 08:18 AM
#49
CF Veteran
If you want to take dirty ATF out of the equation, you know what to do.
Yes, faulty solenoids can cause shifting problems, but more things can cause this.
adjusting your TV cable (not television) is free and sometimes helps. Do a search on something called "free quick fix" or something similar, for the procedure to do this.
Yes, faulty solenoids can cause shifting problems, but more things can cause this.
adjusting your TV cable (not television) is free and sometimes helps. Do a search on something called "free quick fix" or something similar, for the procedure to do this.
09-15-2014, 08:18 AM
#50
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,939
Received 1,541 Likes
on
1,248 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Solenoids can be tested with a meter.
Try doing post 10 in my Tips link below now.
Change the fluid again soon.
Try doing post 10 in my Tips link below now.
Change the fluid again soon.
09-15-2014, 08:19 AM
#51
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,939
Received 1,541 Likes
on
1,248 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
If you want to take dirty ATF out of the equation, you know what to do.
Yes, faulty solenoids can cause shifting problems, but more things can cause this.
adjusting your TV cable (not television) is free and sometimes helps. Do a search on something called "free quick fix" or something similar for the procedure.
Yes, faulty solenoids can cause shifting problems, but more things can cause this.
adjusting your TV cable (not television) is free and sometimes helps. Do a search on something called "free quick fix" or something similar for the procedure.
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/free-quick-fix-41821/
09-15-2014, 04:43 PM
#55
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,939
Received 1,541 Likes
on
1,248 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
09-15-2014, 07:41 PM
#57
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,939
Received 1,541 Likes
on
1,248 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Yes, you did. Larger throttle openings in order to maintain the same speed in lower gear result in lower manifold vacuum, yielding less than optimal performance and economy.
09-15-2014, 08:17 PM
#58
CF Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Nor-Cal Coast
Posts: 10,489
Likes: 0
Received 17 Likes
on
17 Posts
Year: 90,84
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0,2.5
Well you know how stubbart I am, guess this isn't the place to "duke it out". (and yes, it's spelled with two "B's, and a "t"). I dug in my heals and told my sister so!
I wonder if there is some way we could figure out if the OP has an adjustable TPS or not?
I wonder if there is some way we could figure out if the OP has an adjustable TPS or not?
Last edited by DFlintstone; 09-15-2014 at 09:55 PM.
09-15-2014, 08:19 PM
#59
CF Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: District of Columbia
Posts: 1,290
Received 275 Likes
on
206 Posts
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
After changing fluid and driving it some it doesn't seem to have helped the downshifting. I plan on draining and change fluid again in the next week or two. Doing research I read the shift solenoid can go out. How would I go about testing those? Could that be a possible probably?
09-15-2014, 11:07 PM
#60
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,939
Received 1,541 Likes
on
1,248 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
Try the Power mode. If you were gonna lose MPGs, would the factory later defaulted to the Power mode when they were chasing MPG standards? Uh, no.