Is Your Transmission Harming Your Fuel Economy?
Transmission Harming Your Fuel Economy?
Plenty of things contribute to a loss of fuel economy like worn engine seals, dirty fuel injectors, MAF sensors, or carburetors, but we often overlook the drivetrain components as possible contributing factors. Make no mistake about it, every component of your powertrain plays a role in efficiency. If your transmission isn’t shifting right overall fuel economy will inevitably suffer.
It All Comes Back to Dirty Fluid
When internal parts aren’t properly lubricated they overheat, grind, clog, and ultimately fail. Your engine might produce your vehicle’s power, but your gearbox is responsible for getting that power to the wheels. If it’s having to fight through hot, metallic sludge while constantly shifting at high RPMs, the laws of physics dictate your engine MPG suffer as a result.
When Dirty Becomes Too Dirty
Fluid behind modern automatic transmissions has to be thin for it to work. Gears and torque converters operate within small tolerances of each other; but if your MPG’s are suffering, chances are you’ve already damaged internal components. What happens when if it’s too late for a simple fluid change and a complete rebuild is required?
Scotty Kilmer has some good advice: your torque converter may only be relying on the dirty fluid and borrowed time as it is. Additive gear oils are a useful band-aid, but will usually only give you enough time to allocate money for a rebuild. The good news is All-Automatic Transmission is no stranger to affordable, quality rebuilds.
If your transmission is acting up, Give Us a Call Today for a free diagnosis and repair estimate. Gas prices aren’t getting any cheaper! So, let us keep your transmission running well with regular fluid changes every 50-60K miles.
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What Our Clients Are Saying
After a 30 mile tow to their shop I meet them and they tell me worst case I need to rebuild my transmission, but they can do it in a day and a half. They even had their guys work late and come in early to get the car ready for me ASAP.
Tim B.
They quoted me $1,000 less, a completion date of next day, and they would pick up my car from the dealer for free. My car now drives better than when it was brand new.
Michael A.
I would recommend this business to all my friends and family if they were near. All the employees at All Automatic Transmission took a really crappy situation, and made it a lot more bearable.
Diane G.
Towed my car from the other shop for free, and let me know that they were out of stock for a part but had it overnighted at no additional charge. Finally they offered to deliver the car to my office. I only wish all mechanic shops could operate like this one.
David W.
Told me they could’ve put a new axle in for $300-400, and that might’ve fixed it for a week, but then we’d be back to square one. I really appreciated the fact that he didn’t try to take advantage of us. Needing a new transmission isn’t good news, but these guys are great.
Susan S.
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