Title: Avoid Costly Spending With Automobile Transmission

Maintenance plays a vital role in determining the longevity of your vehicles. Contrary to popular belief, you can drive your car past 100, 000 miles and still have it in a good shape as long as you are able to maintain it. By maintenance we mean changing the oils at regular intervals, making sure all transmission remains in good condition and taking care of every other moving parts of the vehicle. Apart from replacing the engine oils, transmission repairs still remain one of the most expensive and complicated repairs you could use in fixing your car. For older vehicles, this transmission repair can cost nearly as much as the vehicle itself. To keep your vehicles in a good working condition, a visit to the transmission shops may be needed from time to time.

In order to give you a complete breakdown of transmission repairs, we shall focus the latter part of this article on addressing issues aimed at keeping your transmission in top shape.

• Manual Transmission Maintenance

Manual transmission repairs usually present a less challenge to car owners. This is because it is way simpler than other forms of transmission repairs. A visit to transmission shops for manual transmission maintenance involves the simpler mechanical parts such as the gears as opposed the automatic transmission which is more complex and can include hundreds of moving components such as the electronic and hydraulic systems.  While a manual transmission repair/maintenance may be very simple, adequate care must be taken not damage the mechanical parts of the vehicle. To this effect we however recommend that you check out your vehicle’s recommended transmission service on how best to change the fluids even before visiting the transmission shop.

• Automatic Transmission Maintenance

This is less dependent on the driving style of the users. One of the major enemies of automatic transmission is heat generation. There are times you could feel your vehicle struggling to incline in a higher gear. When this happens, it brings your RPMs up while relieving the stress on your transmission. Once this is noticed, you may feel your transmission slipping (not holding a gear) or it may continue to search for gears. This is the time to have it serviced to avoid further damage.

Cultivate a habit of checking for your transmission fluid levels. A good and proper functioning fluid should appear cherry red in color and should have a sweet smell. Anything other than this may require an urgent transmission service carried out on the vehicle.

At the time of writing this article, there are still debates on the best automatic transmission maintenance to carry out between flushing or draining. The transmission issues associated with a flush are usually blamed on loosed particles and sediments in the transmission which can spread around the flushing process. This is however not the case with a draining transmission repair since the fluid is not always removed. Removing all transmission oil will require you to remove the transmission oil pans. To re-install the oil pans you may need a new gasket therefore it is imperative to make sure you have everything intact before trying to do this yourself.

Conclusion

A good transmission does not just keep your car in good shape but also makes sure everything is intact and thus reducing the amount of money you may likely spend on keeping the car in a good shape. Kindly contact us if you have any questions regarding transmission repairs. You can also read our article on How to find the best Transmission shop near me for more information. We will be glad to hear from you.