MoparBoyy
Enthusiast
Was heading up to Jacksonville (100+ miles) for a supercar show with some friends. after some fun on the hwy i was starting to notice a smell of oil burning, but not engine oil. i thought it might have been the hwy since we were in a contruction zone. then smoke started to come into the interior via the shifter, i honestly thought the car was on fire, the smoke cleared and we were almost at one of the our stops to meet up with more people, go to push the clutch in and its like its not even there. pumped it a few times and it came back a little enough to get it out of gear and into 3rd as i was on the off ramp. the pedal was very soft. stopped at the fuel station could not find anything wrong, no leaks, no clutch parts hanging out the bottom of the trans, even the clutch fluid was on the up and up. So i figured i would turn around and head home, as long as i could get it in 6th there was only a few stops before i got it back to the shop. drove down the hwy at 65 the whole way home and go to push the clutch in on the off ramp and it feels like nothing is wrong, trans downshifts, goes into gear, fine and dandy. the smell of burnt' gear lube is still in the air. has a very slight noise from the transmission i noticed at lower speeds but otherwise ok.
pull it into the shop and find there is no reverse, i can't even push it into gear like its not even there. put it up on the lift, no leaks, clutch looked ok. So figured I would pull the trans to get a look at the slave and clutch.
drained the fluid and it stunk so badly and looked horrible. lots of metal debris in the transmission. clutch and slave looked fine, signs of wear but nothing is broken.
i will tear down the trans next week when i get back to work, didn't feel like it today.
here is the fluid, it was changed about 6k miles ago, so it should not be this bad, i'm guessing the smoke and smell was from transmission overheating internally, we'll see when i get it apart.
pull it into the shop and find there is no reverse, i can't even push it into gear like its not even there. put it up on the lift, no leaks, clutch looked ok. So figured I would pull the trans to get a look at the slave and clutch.
drained the fluid and it stunk so badly and looked horrible. lots of metal debris in the transmission. clutch and slave looked fine, signs of wear but nothing is broken.
i will tear down the trans next week when i get back to work, didn't feel like it today.
here is the fluid, it was changed about 6k miles ago, so it should not be this bad, i'm guessing the smoke and smell was from transmission overheating internally, we'll see when i get it apart.
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