74Ghia
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OK, ever since I got this Jeep 2 years ago, it's done this strange thing were the engine will stall, when the trans is in reverse or drive. It only does this upon a recent start, and usually only from a cold start. Once, driven a couple minutes it doesn't to it. Also, I seem to notice, if I let is idle for a few seconds before tossing it into gear and pulling away it helps.
Second noticed thing, on occasion when I start the Jeep, and put it in reverse, it kinda just sits there, I have to give it some throttle, and then it sluggishly pulls away. Again, if I let it idle a bit first, this seems to not happen.
Third thing, only happened one time, I was passing a truck, and floored the pedal, it down shifted, and speed up very nicely, but the check engine light came on. I'd been on a long trip, and I pulled off the next off ramp, and into a diner, shut it off, and restarted it, the CEL was still on. I went in and had some lunch, and came back out, started it, and drove off, and no CEL for the next several months.
Today, the thing did the slow moving reverse thing again, and tried to stall again...and the CEL came on again, and this time it doesn't seem to be going back off. I plugged in the GDE OBD II thing, and it only shows P0700 as a fault code. I cleared, or the thing said it had cleared, it, but the second you cycle and restart the CEL stays on (which is strange in itself) don't they usually go off, then after a bit come back on?
P0700 is a pretty generic transmission controller code, not too helpful.
The transmission works very well in all other conditions, except for these strange behaviors I've listed, it shifts smooth, shifts when it should, down shifts, doesn't slip, all-in-all feels pretty good. MPG's are around 28ish most of the time with a combo city/hwy cycle. I never tow with it (but the PO might have).
Poking around, it seems the trans pan has been off at some point, there's some RTV around it, and it seems to have seeped a bit (oily dusty dirt from the pan UP, nothing down).
Hum, what else can I tell you, the miles just turned to 86,000. Ideas? Is this that solenoid block thingy???? Or worse...
Second noticed thing, on occasion when I start the Jeep, and put it in reverse, it kinda just sits there, I have to give it some throttle, and then it sluggishly pulls away. Again, if I let it idle a bit first, this seems to not happen.
Third thing, only happened one time, I was passing a truck, and floored the pedal, it down shifted, and speed up very nicely, but the check engine light came on. I'd been on a long trip, and I pulled off the next off ramp, and into a diner, shut it off, and restarted it, the CEL was still on. I went in and had some lunch, and came back out, started it, and drove off, and no CEL for the next several months.
Today, the thing did the slow moving reverse thing again, and tried to stall again...and the CEL came on again, and this time it doesn't seem to be going back off. I plugged in the GDE OBD II thing, and it only shows P0700 as a fault code. I cleared, or the thing said it had cleared, it, but the second you cycle and restart the CEL stays on (which is strange in itself) don't they usually go off, then after a bit come back on?
P0700 is a pretty generic transmission controller code, not too helpful.
The transmission works very well in all other conditions, except for these strange behaviors I've listed, it shifts smooth, shifts when it should, down shifts, doesn't slip, all-in-all feels pretty good. MPG's are around 28ish most of the time with a combo city/hwy cycle. I never tow with it (but the PO might have).
Poking around, it seems the trans pan has been off at some point, there's some RTV around it, and it seems to have seeped a bit (oily dusty dirt from the pan UP, nothing down).
Hum, what else can I tell you, the miles just turned to 86,000. Ideas? Is this that solenoid block thingy???? Or worse...