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Hello All! This is my first post. I will get right to the point, i am debating attempting a "line flush" for my 2002 Ford Focus SE with the Zetec engine! The transmission sticker says "1S4P-DA." The transmission jumps out of gear after "pulling" for example, acceleration from a stop will be goos up until about 20 to 30moh, it will jump out of gear as if in neutral. Then, will reengage with a "kick." Does this at all speeds, does this ALL THE TIME, and only acted perfectly on the last half of an hour long highway trip to Bellefontain, Ohio from Columbus, Ohio. Car drives but jumps out of gear constantly. She has 130,020 miles and feels strong. Level is ok, fluid doesnt look particularly bad, but i think it has a lot to do with it as it IS original.
I crawled up under the driver side and did not snap a photo, but the line is there clear as day. I had a fellow owner on a message board with the same exact car say to try the following:
1. Pick up 6 or 8L of Mercon V ATF. If you are feeling spendy, get the Mobil 1 stuff.
2. The tranny cooler is in the front of the rad, just behind the front fascia. Remove the one line from it and place in a drain pan. Have a "helper" start the car and it will begin dumping the black fluid that will look like used oil into the pan. When it starts to "sputter" shut the car off. Add a few L of tranny fluid through the dipstick tube. Re-start car. More black fluid will come out. When it sputters, repeat the earlier procedure. When you start seeing fresh, red fluid, stop, and put the line back on. Get the fluid to the correct level and take the car for a drive, the shifting will likely be perfect, or will quickly become perfect again. Get the fluid hot. Check the level again. Add more if necessary.
Had to do this with ours. Turns out the fluid was original with like 240,000Km on it It was black as tar and the car was doing the same thing (we also bought the car for $500.00 however....). This fixed it completely.
This is my thread about choosing an oil that contained that advice. http://tinyurl.com/3lemajm
The oil looks good and the engine feels strong, please check out the photos. http://tinyurl.com/3zphkhb (scroll down just a little bit, on there I am 45ACP and this is in regards to the blue 2002 Focus SE.)
Thank you, any advice is welcome!
And for the record, i have ulled the transmission line off a car from 1984 and changed the fuid as i described to much benefit. I know how to take the line off and put it back on, it does not seem to hard.
Would you try it? [pray]
I crawled up under the driver side and did not snap a photo, but the line is there clear as day. I had a fellow owner on a message board with the same exact car say to try the following:
1. Pick up 6 or 8L of Mercon V ATF. If you are feeling spendy, get the Mobil 1 stuff.
2. The tranny cooler is in the front of the rad, just behind the front fascia. Remove the one line from it and place in a drain pan. Have a "helper" start the car and it will begin dumping the black fluid that will look like used oil into the pan. When it starts to "sputter" shut the car off. Add a few L of tranny fluid through the dipstick tube. Re-start car. More black fluid will come out. When it sputters, repeat the earlier procedure. When you start seeing fresh, red fluid, stop, and put the line back on. Get the fluid to the correct level and take the car for a drive, the shifting will likely be perfect, or will quickly become perfect again. Get the fluid hot. Check the level again. Add more if necessary.
Had to do this with ours. Turns out the fluid was original with like 240,000Km on it It was black as tar and the car was doing the same thing (we also bought the car for $500.00 however....). This fixed it completely.
This is my thread about choosing an oil that contained that advice. http://tinyurl.com/3lemajm
The oil looks good and the engine feels strong, please check out the photos. http://tinyurl.com/3zphkhb (scroll down just a little bit, on there I am 45ACP and this is in regards to the blue 2002 Focus SE.)
Thank you, any advice is welcome!
And for the record, i have ulled the transmission line off a car from 1984 and changed the fuid as i described to much benefit. I know how to take the line off and put it back on, it does not seem to hard.
Would you try it? [pray]
Yes, this would be me with the proper sized wrench (the line is totally within plain view) and a pan.. letting it run until it starts to sputter, putting in two more quarts to get the Torque Converter, until i see clear red fluid.. then letting it sit, adding fluid while it is off at least the first five quarts.. then starting her up, and checking the level after it gets hot! My understanding is that this will clean away what is gunked up, and if it doesnt work, THEN either "new trans" or "drop the pan to check the solenoid!"
