System Killing My Transmission?

[its_ray_ray 10+ year member]

my ****** has been slippin real bad. the place i bought the car from said. go get it checked out. tell me whats wrong and ill fix it. first place i went to. guy took it for a test drive. comes back. pops my trunk and he says. well there is your problem. i've seen this too many times. I had systems in my cars that will way out do this one. and my ****** went out too.

First he says u see this wire right here. taking too much voltage from the car. i was like. i dont even use my system. how the hell is it taking anything out of it. he was like u see this voltage meter. pulling power.

i have a cap in the wheel well i used for a voltage meter till i got my new one. he saw it and said. that capacitor right there will help you a sh!t load. hook that up and no problems. i was like man. just just a massive paperweight. with a voltage meter. that isnt going to help me any. then he started on how my 1/0 ground was pulling away from the engine block grounds. so i said i'm not here to argue. then the younger guy asked me how much i was selling my amp for when the old guy(like late 50's) walked away. i told him how much. and left.

I went to auto zone to get the batt and alternator checked out. everything was fine even with a full load. batt was at 12.83 putting out 880 cca. so they are not the problem.

Went to the next shop. Guy test drove it. Thru the test drive. I told him i knew it wasnt the system causing the problems. and he told me that my other saturns h/o alternator wouldnt help any. He started to go on about a system he had in his other truck. He sounded like he knew a lil bit from the "ol days". until he went on about how he had a 380 amp capacitor. He told me a capacitor will provide all the power i needed. so i was like ummm... .ok good advice man. I drove off. Is TN full of rednecks or something? idk y but. i'd be better off trying to fix it myself lol.

So is my system causing my problems? Or are they just stupid?

I have a powerbass asa600.2 pushing 2 pr 10's. and i have never seen it rise above 30 amps being used. and never been below 13v. with any system i have.

Car is a Saturn SL2 01" Auto.

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[westman995 10+ year member]

HAHAHAH im not reading that, that is TOO FCKIN RIDICULOUS.

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like the ****** is just slipping to me lol. Its not the systems fault. No worse the haing a fat ***** ride with you..

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

slipping ****** = worn friction plates = time for a rebuild.

 

[its_ray_ray 10+ year member]

slipping ****** = worn friction plates = time for a rebuild.

all = paid in full by the place i got my car. just like the new engine.

 

[theMessenjah44 10+ year member]

my gf's got a 99 SL1, and they're known for ****** problems. hers was kicking like a mother ***** last week, I just replaced the filter and fluid and it cured it.

20 dollar fix. I'd try that first

 

[93dakota 10+ year member]

go to saturnfans.com they can help you really figure out what your problem is

 

[its_ray_ray 10+ year member]

my gf's got a 99 SL1, and they're known for ****** problems. hers was kicking like a mother ***** last week, I just replaced the filter and fluid and it cured it.
20 dollar fix. I'd try that first

i'll try it man. thanx. when i got the car she oil engine light was on. and in these cars that light doesnt come on til it's bone dry. so they said we'll get our mechanic to check it out. so i drove it down there. and he was like ummmm.... needs a new engine just looking at it. so i was like. ok. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif so instead of getting a car with 100k they put a engine with 30k on it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

 

[theMessenjah44 10+ year member]

well, yours is a SL2, hers is an SL1, and yours is a couple years newer...I'm not sure what all the differences are in yours, but I'm pretty sure that the engines and trannys are the same for all the S series cars.

they're known for burning oil also, so I would keep an eye out for that.

the guys telling you it's an electrical thing are idiots....might put strain on the engine, but shouldn't have anything to do with the transmission shifting.

 

[its_ray_ray 10+ year member]

all the sl's are pretty much the same. only dif is some cosmetics. about it.

 

[Fender5 10+ year member]

i notice my car drives smoother without the box in it. the transmission doesnt jerk

 

[its_ray_ray 10+ year member]

may be so but i cant go without. lol. addictions a b!tch eh?

 

[its_ray_ray 10+ year member]

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migrain ftw. u mad?

 

[its_ray_ray 10+ year member]

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