Re: 4 Banger Milage

From: Tom Byrne (kerib@ptd.net)
Date: Tue Dec 28 2004 - 08:07:19 EST


The tranny gets hot. Funny that 4 cylinder cars are ok and the 3 speed autos
were fine, it was just the 4-spd autos. The reason the 1st gen Neon had only
a 3-spd auto was due to cooling problems.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Levy" <andy.levy@gmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: DML: 4 Banger Milage

>
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 08:39:23 -0500, Tom Byrne <kerib@ptd.net> wrote:
>>
>> They also have weak auto transmissions. I had a 94 Spirit (bot used in
>> 1996
>> with 11K on it) and my wife had a 1996 Voyager (bot new and dealer
>> serviced)
>> and both trannys went at about 60K. The diff exploded on the Spirit. I
>> will
>> never buy another fwd auto trans again. Mopar fwd autos are notoriously
>> weak
>> when coupled with V6's. They have cooling problems. I also had a Chevy
>> grenade on me as well.
>
> I guess this Acclaim is lucky then. The thermometer on the insturment
> panel always reads very cool (even running close to 80 MPH in the
> summer heat), and we've had no trouble with the transmission. Car has
> not had exceptional care taken with it (got its first spark plug
> change at 95K back in May), really just the routine stuff, and
> replacing the occasional wear item when needed.
>



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