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Well I let it sit for about 3 months, and took it to the shop ealier this week. Total rebuild. Converter came apart and put junk in the trans. All wear components were well, worn.. haha. Total cost $2250 .

My auto trans went out on my '01 Civic at 225k miles. It's never been in the shop before that. But I did the other stuff; timing belts, water pump, basic stuff. But you can find a long list of owners who's trans went out way under what I got, and very few that have gone over.

How dare they use metal that rust!

Originally Posted By: dparm Oh cool, it looks like there is a facility near my parents' house in the burbs. Thanks, all! They'll take it, and then dump it down the drain, :) .

I have, and know of others who have had good luck with Lucas transmission stop slip product. To me, it's worth a try, the trans is going out, if this can get you a few more miles out of it, why not.

Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah Originally Posted By: JakeR22 Is this the 1zz engine? Affirmative. 1ZZFE Thanks. I have that engine in my Vibe. I've heard that they can be hard on oil since they have a timing chain. That doesn't appear to be the case here.

I wait a long time before I put my car into gear. At least until the starter disengages.

Is this the 1zz engine?

Originally Posted By: severach Originally Posted By: fdcg27 It would be nice if most makers still used a drain plug in the trans pan. Draining through a plug is no good. If you don't clean the magnet and the dust off the pan you haven't done anything useful. Line flushes are worthless for the...

Originally Posted By: SLCraig Why did they have to off the Saturn S-Series? The best small car GM has ever made for sure. Don't that have auto trans issues?

I'd like to have that 1.4 turbo, manual tras. But I keep my cars forever, and I'd be concerned about the durability of that engine. Would it go 300k miles, on the original turbo?

Originally Posted By: Geo_Prizm Thanks for the explanation. Did you feel any difference in shifting after the maintenance? No problem. I really couldn't tell any difference in shifting.

I just jacked the front up, and put it on jackstands. The filter comes with a gasket already in place, and is attached by 3 bolts. It also comes with pan gasket. My pan is really easy to get to, nothing is in the way, so I used a 1/4" drive cordless impact to remove the 10mm bolts. The whole...

My Vibe just turned 144k miles, so I thought I'd change the trans filter. The pan has a drain plug, so I've been doing drain and fills every 20k miles or so. Using a combo of T-IV and Amsoil ATF. The filter is just a fine wire mesh, and it did have a few specs in it. The pan has 2 magnets...

Almost all aftermarket aluminum wheels are not hubcentric, and they're doing just fine.

Originally Posted By: Captain_Klink what is the actual url of the site, when i google motor oil 101 there is a whole bunch that come up: thanks!!! http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/cms/ On the first page, just go down a little.

Originally Posted By: Merkava_4 Originally Posted By: Russell I commute to work every day about 30 miles each way. IMO, the Volt does not yet meet my needs. The Volt may not work for you but an all electric car would. All you'd have to do is plug it into the parking lot receptacle and charge...

Originally Posted By: StevieC Originally Posted By: Rickey Originally Posted By: StevieC No but in most states in the US you are burning far dirtier coal which has a lot more side-effects. Or creating lots of nuclear waste which hasn't had a safe effective way of dealing with it yet other than...

I spray WD40 on my rotors whenever they get wet,

I use to work for the Chemical Service side of SK, before they sold that branch off to the company I work for now. We would pick up almost any sort of Hazardous or Non haz chemical waste, and ship them for treatment. A big part of what SK does is swap out parts washers and the solvents that...