ThePsuedoMonkey
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My entire knowledge of torque converters comes from the Wikipedia and talking to my brother, but apparently the one on my car ('91 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera) is pretty much gone.
It functions properly for about 20min of driving, but after that it will stick in the locked position even when slowing down. This forces the car to stall when approaching a stop, or when shifting into gear from a stop. This will continue until the car has been parked for a few hours. Recently I simply disconnected the TCC connector that feeds into the bell housing, so that should prevent future seizures at the expense of mileage.
Since I have little experience in this area, could this be fixed by grabbing a new torque converter, or am I looking at digging further into the transmission to replace solenoids or other stuffs? I just really don't want to have to rebuild the transmission.
It functions properly for about 20min of driving, but after that it will stick in the locked position even when slowing down. This forces the car to stall when approaching a stop, or when shifting into gear from a stop. This will continue until the car has been parked for a few hours. Recently I simply disconnected the TCC connector that feeds into the bell housing, so that should prevent future seizures at the expense of mileage.
Since I have little experience in this area, could this be fixed by grabbing a new torque converter, or am I looking at digging further into the transmission to replace solenoids or other stuffs? I just really don't want to have to rebuild the transmission.