Hey all,

I've been noticing that when I drive my 1992 wagon its tach'ing at damn near 3.5K at 55mph. Is it missing the highest gear and not shifting into it?

 

What is the Normal RPM range for each gear with an auto trans?

 

 

Thanks./

 

SoobNoob

I'm not sure but that sounds right for a 3 speed auto.. These do only have 3 speeds in them right?

Yeah - that's normal. The 3AT's suck with a passion.

 

GD

The gearing on the 3ATs are terrible. 3.5K @ 55mph seems a little high maybe though. I think my turbowagon is at about 3K @ 55, but yours could have different sized tires/reductions, etc.

 

You're fine. Its the tranny's gearing that sucks.

Yeah that seems kinda high to me also... at 3500rpms my EA81 was doing about 65mph. The three speeds really suck.

Haha. Thanks for all the replys. I guess that these trannys do indeed suck.

 

 

S-N

EA82 Wagon, 3AT 65 MPH 4000 RPM = normal in all 4 I have owned. They are made to spin fast.

I have a manual EA82, but I try to keep the RPM's between 3k and 4k in general driving. 2.5k is about the lowest I let it go if I'm trying to get power out of it. So... given that, the rpm's given for the auto trannies don't sound out of range. It doesn't seem to hurt the gas mileage to keep it at higher rpm's, and it actually has power.

Hey all,

I've been noticing that when I drive my 1992 wagon its tach'ing at damn near 3.5K at 55mph. Is it missing the highest gear and not shifting into it?

 

What is the Normal RPM range for each gear with an auto trans?

 

 

Thanks./

 

SoobNoob

I have an 85 wagon and it cruises 4000-ish @ 65 mph. Which is sorta silly that the speedo goes to 125mph or whatever; there's no way I can push my soob past 75 without the engine feeling like it's going to launch out of the engine compartment like a TOP!

 

It's funny though that 7 years later and they still didn't add an Overdrive...

It's funny though that 7 years later and they still didn't add an Overdrive...

 

They did - the 4EAT (FT4WD, or AWD if you like - 4 speed auto with overdrive) came out in 87, and the 3AT was only used on the low and mid-range models.

 

GD