LancerEvo Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Take a picture of your shifter and your dash, so we can see what it looks like with that Sport light on. Thanks for the reply. Update on this....... Went to garage and the mechanic checked..... he said a switch or something was loose inside the shifter....... so he fixed it. now its all good. thanks bros......phew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDTurbo Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Sorry for long story....I had replaced the driveshaft with a Driveshaft Specialists unit that, due to the design (and bad luck), had hit the underbody intermittently (esp upon sharp turns) after install and necessitated some adjustment to fit without hitting. Now there is a noise and vibration at varied RPMs and fluid leaking from the rear seal. The seal was replaced once after presuming the shaft hitting the body may have taken our the original seal. The noise/vibration persists and the replaced seal is leaking again. Almost 180k mi on the car and I have Climber's F1 mod that has been great. No apparent problems with the tranny performance except for the noise/vibration/ repeated leak. Any thoughts/experience with symptoms and suggestions as to whether this can be repaired (e.g., checking/replacing upstream elements in the extension case...) and whether this should be something the dealer shop should evaluate as my local generic shop hasn't given me the utmost confidence with this install. Again - sorry for the length, but need help. The car is otherwise still going strong at Stage2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lingling1337 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Dealership will be even more confused and possibly refuse to do the work. Find a good performance shop, in the next city over if you have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battelready Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Sorry for long story....I had replaced the driveshaft with a Driveshaft Specialists unit that, due to the design (and bad luck), had hit the underbody intermittently (esp upon sharp turns) after install and necessitated some adjustment to fit without hitting. Now there is a noise and vibration at varied RPMs and fluid leaking from the rear seal. The seal was replaced once after presuming the shaft hitting the body may have taken our the original seal. The noise/vibration persists and the replaced seal is leaking again. Almost 180k mi on the car and I have Climber's F1 mod that has been great. No apparent problems with the tranny performance except for the noise/vibration/ repeated leak. Any thoughts/experience with symptoms and suggestions as to whether this can be repaired (e.g., checking/replacing upstream elements in the extension case...) and whether this should be something the dealer shop should evaluate as my local generic shop hasn't given me the utmost confidence with this install. Again - sorry for the length, but need help. The car is otherwise still going strong at Stage2. You could switch out the tranny mounts for softer ones. They're like 30 and apparently make the sifting buttery smooth. IF the seal keep leaking perhaps try sealing it with silicon. I do believe that what my brother did on my car when i first got it. But you might want to throw it on a lift to check it extensively encase its a more major issue. I bought an auto be more involved in my uninvolvedness . 200k+ Club If you can't blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. My high mileage turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDTurbo Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Thanks, but my concern is damage to the output end of the AT causing the noise/vibration and failure of the seal just replaced within a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RooTBeeR Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 You could switch out the tranny mounts for softer ones. They're like 30 and apparently make the sifting buttery smooth. IF the seal keep leaking perhaps try sealing it with silicon. I do believe that what my brother did on my car when i first got it. But you might want to throw it on a lift to check it extensively encase its a more major issue. Those will just bandaid the problem. He needs to find the cause of the vibes and eliminate them. "Build" Thread <--Link (OLD) '05 EJ255 now a '13 EJ257 Bottom End w/D25 heads (NEW) Forever Slow [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RooTBeeR Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Thanks, but my concern is damage to the output end of the AT causing the noise/vibration and failure of the seal just replaced within a week. With the stock drive shaft, you didn't have any issues. But when you installed the new drive shaft you started to get the vibrations and it was hitting the body? "Build" Thread <--Link (OLD) '05 EJ255 now a '13 EJ257 Bottom End w/D25 heads (NEW) Forever Slow [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDTurbo Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 The new DSS shaft has UJs in the front and they hit the body necessitating some adjustments. After that the seal started leaking and the shop replaced. The noise/vibrations, and new leak are subsequent to that and I'm thinking the UJs rapping the body may have damaged stuff in the output shaft area. Was hoping for guidance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RooTBeeR Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oh got it. "Build" Thread <--Link (OLD) '05 EJ255 now a '13 EJ257 Bottom End w/D25 heads (NEW) Forever Slow [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancerEvo Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Hi bros n sis. I have some confusion while checking the level. Followed exact procedure from owners manual. However it confuses me. While checking. On dipstick labelled side shows full. While the unlabelled side shows no fluid level at all. And vice versa. Which is the correct actual level now??? Can someone pls enlighten me???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_ster Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 What ever is lower Now that's thinking out of the boxer! fyi all 05 + legacy's have built in code reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancerEvo Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 What ever is lower If i put in the dipstick with the labelled side facing the radiator..... it shows no level. But if i put the dipstick labelled side facing away from radiator... it shows overfill....... now which is correct level??? HELLLPPPPP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDTurbo Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Are you parked on a hill?!? Seriously- clean the stick well, reinsert, remove carefully and check both sides. Sometimes there could be bubbles or surface tension precluding uniform coverage. But, nobody can give ME any guidance! Must be uncharted territory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancerEvo Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Are you parked on a hill?!? Seriously- clean the stick well, reinsert, remove carefully and check both sides. Sometimes there could be bubbles or surface tension precluding uniform coverage. But, nobody can give ME any guidance! Must be uncharted territory... Parked on flat grounds...... still cant get a good reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyshawn Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 With engine on, the fluid is moving in a way where the fluid rides up on one side and gets pulled down on the the other side of the. Your supposed the take the average of both sides but it really wouldn't vary more than like a 5mm between the readings of highs sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_ster Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 If i put in the dipstick with the labelled side facing the radiator..... it shows no level. But if i put the dipstick labelled side facing away from radiator... it shows overfill....... now which is correct level??? HELLLPPPPP Dip stick is possibly bent in a way that its out of the oil. But its odd the auto trans mission the dipstick goes pretty much strait in . In auto trans its better lower oil level then over full. As it has pump and sucks from the bottom and that oil is pressure fed throught the trans. To low oil you would gear the trans pump cavatate ( wining noise ) Now that's thinking out of the boxer! fyi all 05 + legacy's have built in code reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glwdub Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I'm new with the 4th gen turbo legacy and in need off help. I've been. Having small issues and my new one is the transmission slipping through the gears when the car is building boost. Seems like when the turbo is building power the transmission does not know what to do so it acts like it's in nutral and the Rpms start to rise high????? Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Too little info provided, but strictly going by what you wrote, it sounds like the clutches are fried. Your only recourse is a transmission swap, or a rebuild but comparative in price it may not be cost effective, but does provide you with an opportunity to have brand new clutches in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glwdub Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Too little info provided, but strictly going by what you wrote, it sounds like the clutches are fried. Your only recourse is a transmission swap, or a rebuild but comparative in price it may not be cost effective, but does provide you with an opportunity to have brand new clutches in there. This car is an auto transmission. I will try to get more in depth. When driving this morning I was about to go up a hill, so I gave the car more gas.... when the boost was starting to pick up, the speed was not really picking up much at all, "kind of like it was a manual transmission and the clutch was slipping". This is the odd part, if i move it over to sport mode where you can shift from the steering wheel, it shifts normal. Any thoughts off of that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow05gtRI Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 is the car warmed up completely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glwdub Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 is the car warmed up completely? Yes completely warmed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick4dr Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 i had drive haft shop make me a custom 1 piece aluminium shaft june 14, it has been perfect zero fitment issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glwdub Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Yes completely warmed up. So on the way home I noticed that the only gear I have this issue in is 5th gear. It only slips when I give it some power then the Rpms shoot up and the car does not pick up speed. It's like the 5th gear in the auto transmission is slipping on heavy load....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow05gtRI Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 do the RPMs continue to shoot up freely? or do they shoot to a certain RPM and stick there while the car slowly accelerates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_ster Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 ^ yea a lot of people dont understand how the torque converter works. Come to complete stop. And go full throttle in auto mode does it go ? Then Use manual mode and go full throttle in each gear. If a gear is slipping it will shoot to revlimiter. Usually the gear chanhes get mushy before full on slipping Now that's thinking out of the boxer! fyi all 05 + legacy's have built in code reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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