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The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e s d a y M a y 1, 2002 - D 5 HE S T IVII EE L S IIA U IL L E AnAuttiorusd ^ ^ I N I The care and feed of your transmission (C C C )-- The pistons in your engine are pounding up and down, turning a crankshaft. And your wheels are turn ing-- at a different speed. But what exactly is the transmission? The trans mission is what transforms the power of your engine into useful power on the road. It regulates the speed that the engine needs to turn (revolutions per minute, or R PM , if you have a tachometer) to deliver the speed you want over the road. Another factor comes into play-- torque. Torque is the twisting force that gets your car rolling, and many of today's smaller engines develop less torque than the old monsters we used to drive. That means that the engine has to work at higher RPM to deliver the needed torque, resulting in more shifting by the transmission. Your transmission's worst enemy is heat, because excess heat w ill cause the transmission tluid to carbon up and lose its effectiveness, eventually lead ing to the dreaded transmission rebuild-- expensive and definitely to be avoided. After the long, hot sum mer. check on your transmission fluid to ensure you won't have any unpleas ant surprises during the dead of winter. Car Care Canada offers the follow ing tips for looking after your automat ic transmission: 1. Don't shift into park or reverse while the car is moving-- come to a stop and then shift. 2. Check your transmission fluid regularly, and replace the fluid accord ing to the schedule in your owner's manual. Watch for any darkening in colour or black specks in the fluid-- that's carbon and it means your trans mission is taking too much heat. Get it checked before a small problem turns into an expensive rebuild. 3. If you do any towing, use the gear selector-- don't just put it into over drive and forget it. Run mostly in third, or whatever your highest non-over drive gear is, except when you're on the highway and really cruising. Even then, help your transmission out in hilly terrain. You should also consider adding a transmission cooler to keep the transmission from overheating. 4. Consider using friction-reducing products on the market for your trans mission. Many of these products con tain a polymer called polytetrafluoroethylene. or P T F E (aka Teflon). These particles bond to transmission parts to reduce wear, which is very important if you like to keep your car for a long time. 5. Regular check-ups. You go to the doctor, you go to the dentist-- your car needs preventive maintenance, too. Preventive maintenance is just that-- you spend a little now so you don't have to spend a lot more down the road. How do you know if you have a transmission problem? You may feel the shifting get jerky instead of smooth, or maybe it won't shift at all. It may be reluctant to shift up as you accelerate, or down as you slow down. Or it may slip, instead of shifting smoothly and rapidly into the next gear. Checking your transmission fluid is always the first step. The hardest part about it, usually, is finding the dipstick, but car manufacturers are getting better about labelling them. As with almost all maintenance, the first place to look is in your owner's manual, which w ill tell you where the dipstick is and how to check the fluid level. Here's How You Do It Drive the car around the block to get everything flowing. Park on a level place, apply the parking brake, and shift through each gear in turn, holding it for a second or two in each gear. With the engine still running, pull the dipstick, wipe it clean, reinsert it all the way and then pull it out again. The level should be in the appro priate range on the stick. Wipe a little on a clean white cloth, or a piece of tis sue and check the colour. It should be a light reddish pink. If there is any black in the fluid, you have a problem What if you drive a standard? Many of the same facts are true. You also have to consider the health of your clutch, so don't hold your car on a hill by slipping the clutch. What you're doing is allowing two plates to grind together without letting them grip, so they are wearing out. Standard, or manual, transmissions also need lubrication to prevent metalto-metal contact. Just as for automatic transmissions, additives are available, specifically formulated for manual transmissions, that w ill bond P T FE to the metal and leave a protective coat ing. A ll it takes is common sense. Follow a preventive maintenance schedule that includes periodic tluid replacement, and your transmission w ill reward you with long and faithful service. m in.R e** O A KV ILLE ^ A fc iv Pre-Owned Inventory Model 2001 Honda Accord Stk. # Colour B85263A Siver/Grey Blue Red/Grey Equipment CQfeloys 5 spd., AC. 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