[V8] auto trans hard shift into 2nd

[Tony and Lillie]

Have you checked the fluid level yet? It is with the trans warm - about 20 
min of driving - and in park or neutral.

Yes, you can mix synthetic and non, this is the only way to do it when you 
change it for the first time.

Tony Hoffman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 1:07 AM
Subject: [V8] auto trans hard shift into 2nd


>I did the drain-and-add-4-quarts procedure today.  Afterwards, I drove
> it about 50 miles and for the last few miles it was shifting into 2nd
> rather hard, which is something it never did before.
>
> I bought a gallon jug of Dexron III and actually measured 4 quarts out
> of it with a measuring cup, which left me with just shy of a pint left
> over.  I figured the gallon jug was just overfilled.
>
> I also measured what I drained out and it was exactly the same amount
> more than a gallon, just shy of a pint.
>
> I verified the accuracy of my measuring cup with 2 others of different 
> types.
>
> The 50 miles was a roundtrip from home to a town about 2500 feet
> higher in elevation.  So 5 or so miles driving across town and the
> rest up, then back down and 5 or so miles back across town to home.
>
> On the way up I didn't flog it, but I did kick it hard a couple times
> where it dropped two gears, one time shifting back up a gear after
> just a moment.  Trans switch set in E the whole time.
>
> It performed very well going up.  I used cruise and it would drop out
> of lockup and then down to 3rd smoothly when necessary.
>
> On the way down, I also used the cruise control and near the end of
> the downhill it was a little jerky  while trying to maintain speed,
> seeming to sort of hiccup a few times without any real relation to
> anything else.
>
> After the descent, I detoured through a park with a 20mph speed limit
> and a few hills.  At one point, I downshifted to 3rd, then 2nd, then
> 1st at about 25.  It pondered this for a moment then dropped into 1st
> and it seemed a bit abrupt but then I realized it was probably not
> overly abrupt compared to other automatics that I've driven from time
> to time.
>
> After the park detour I forgot to shift to D and drove a couple miles
> in 3.  About the same time is when I noticed the hard shifts to 2nd.
>
> I'm going to go for another drive in the morning and see how it behaves.
>
> Should I go ahead and add that extra near-pint that I had left over
> after my anal measuring of the trans fluid?  Am I being to literal
> with the measurments.  Does it have something to do with "imperial
> quarts" or something.  ;-)
>
> Tonight's drive is the first of any distance since bringing it home
> the day of purchase.  All other trips have been 5 miles or less.
> Aside from the little foibles near the end, I was very impressed with
> it.  This thing is my first sampling of a V8q with an automatic and I
> figured at 6000 feet elevation it would be a total dog.  Not so.  I
> may have to get one for myself now.  Not sure what will happen to the
> 5spd then (just kidding).   How many Audis is too many?
>
> Ed
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