I noticed this morning my Jeep started doing the "dropping idle" in start/stop traffic. It had been doing this for quite a while several months ago, and topping off the tranny fluid helped (as well as cleaning the ICV and TB.
I also fixed a huge part of the problem by replacing the cat converter and muffler 3 weeks ago. This eliminated the rough idle/dropping idle, and it's been running smooth ever since.
I started the Jeep just now, slightly warm engine. Checked transmission fluid. It was right up to the Max line, and there were air bubbles in it. There was never bubbles in it before.
Web searches turned up this:
Air bubbles usually means either ATF too low or too high.
The transmission shifts pretty sluggish, and it's gotten a little worse in the past week.
I'm going to start by getting a tranny fluid/filter change.
Would it be safe to wait 2-3 weeks to do a tranny service? Money is tight.
Just want to make sure I'm not missing something obvious.
1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo Tsi, inline 6, not sure which tranny
Thanks.
I also fixed a huge part of the problem by replacing the cat converter and muffler 3 weeks ago. This eliminated the rough idle/dropping idle, and it's been running smooth ever since.
I started the Jeep just now, slightly warm engine. Checked transmission fluid. It was right up to the Max line, and there were air bubbles in it. There was never bubbles in it before.
Web searches turned up this:
Air bubbles usually means either ATF too low or too high.
The transmission shifts pretty sluggish, and it's gotten a little worse in the past week.
I'm going to start by getting a tranny fluid/filter change.
Would it be safe to wait 2-3 weeks to do a tranny service? Money is tight.
Just want to make sure I'm not missing something obvious.
1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo Tsi, inline 6, not sure which tranny
Thanks.