Mikeyman64
Zoomer
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- Atlanta
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- 2002/2003.5 "MSP5"
Hey there,
I just purchased 2 "beater" P5s from a local Mazda parts place. I got them both for a steal, and my goal was to take good parts off of one (has some racing heart MP3 wheels and a Team Moon exhaust) and get the other one driving to sell for cheap or give to a friend who really needs a car.
The one I want to get rid of has an automatic transmission. It's a 2003, so it has the "shifter" option. She has about 130k miles on the odo.
The problem I am having is it shifts fairly hard, especially out of 1st, and it will often take a while to do so. Also, sometimes 4th gear acts like neutral. If the car naturally shifts to 4th, I rev the engine and it revs, but zero power transfered to the half-shafts. I have to pop it into "manumatic" and shift down in order to get power back. This is all tested after letting the car warm up for about 5-minutes. I try to do all my testing when the fluids are moving properly.
I am new to ATs, but I know that sometimes they act odd when they are under/over filled with ATF. I checked the fluid (cold engine, flat, cleaned dip stick and rechecked) and it was WAY over the hot engine temp mark. So it appears that it has been very much overfilled.
I am going to go ahead and order a tranny-pan gasket/filter and I just bought some ATF MV. But is there anything else I need to check or replace? Again, I own 4 cars and a motorcycle, and all of them are manuals... So apart form casual car work and basic knowledge, I am a "noob" when it comes to actual automatic transmission.
-Thanks!
I just purchased 2 "beater" P5s from a local Mazda parts place. I got them both for a steal, and my goal was to take good parts off of one (has some racing heart MP3 wheels and a Team Moon exhaust) and get the other one driving to sell for cheap or give to a friend who really needs a car.
The one I want to get rid of has an automatic transmission. It's a 2003, so it has the "shifter" option. She has about 130k miles on the odo.
The problem I am having is it shifts fairly hard, especially out of 1st, and it will often take a while to do so. Also, sometimes 4th gear acts like neutral. If the car naturally shifts to 4th, I rev the engine and it revs, but zero power transfered to the half-shafts. I have to pop it into "manumatic" and shift down in order to get power back. This is all tested after letting the car warm up for about 5-minutes. I try to do all my testing when the fluids are moving properly.
I am new to ATs, but I know that sometimes they act odd when they are under/over filled with ATF. I checked the fluid (cold engine, flat, cleaned dip stick and rechecked) and it was WAY over the hot engine temp mark. So it appears that it has been very much overfilled.
I am going to go ahead and order a tranny-pan gasket/filter and I just bought some ATF MV. But is there anything else I need to check or replace? Again, I own 4 cars and a motorcycle, and all of them are manuals... So apart form casual car work and basic knowledge, I am a "noob" when it comes to actual automatic transmission.
-Thanks!