heartless Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Hi all, have a question about my "new" to me 1990 Legacy LS Wagon... with the colder weather lately I have found that the 4EAT in this car wont shift into OverDrive when it is cold - once it warms up good (ie: driving 5+ miles) it will finally kick in to OD and will operate fine the rest of the day. No other problems, only that first few miles of the day in cold temps (everything was perfect all summer, no shifting issues). Shifting is very smooth otherwise - barely noticeable shifts. Fluid level checks fine. Is this something I should be concerned about?? or am I being a little paranoid?? (havent had an auto tranny car in YEARS!!) oh yeah, car has 163K on the clock - no real history on it - bought it cheap with blown air struts...also has the external tranny filter that is probably original...should probably get that changed... Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_Dave Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Hi all, have a question about my "new" to me 1990 Legacy LS Wagon... with the colder weather lately I have found that the 4EAT in this car wont shift into OverDrive when it is cold - once it warms up good (ie: driving 5+ miles) it will finally kick in to OD and will operate fine the rest of the day. No other problems, only that first few miles of the day in cold temps (everything was perfect all summer, no shifting issues). Shifting is very smooth otherwise - barely noticeable shifts. Fluid level checks fine. Is this something I should be concerned about?? or am I being a little paranoid?? (havent had an auto tranny car in YEARS!!) oh yeah, car has 163K on the clock - no real history on it - bought it cheap with blown air struts...also has the external tranny filter that is probably original...should probably get that changed... Thanks in advance! I read (here?) that there's an OD lockout on some of these auto trans to get the engine warmed up faster- engine warms up, then it allows it into OD. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manarius Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Nothing to be concerned about. The 4EAT won't shift into 4th until the internal transmission temperature is about 50F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoodsboy Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 That is correct. My 93 would always do the same thing (they all do) Just how the car is built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 Thanks for the replies gang, kind of figured it was just me being paranoid...but helps to have it confirmed that this is a normal thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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