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Hello everyone, I just bought my second rx8. Sold the first one and then regretted it so 6 months later here I am with another one. I am having some transmission issues. When I start the car in the morning it will NOT go into first gear. It feels like it is hitting a wall when I try to put it in. So I start the car in gear, and then try to shift to second which may or may not go in, same with all the other gears. But as soon as the it warms up it shift normally. Any ideas as to what this could be, I already changed the tranny fluid, but what else would be effected by heat? Any help is much appreciated. T
Disclaimer: Not a mechanic, just using some logic and looking around at other problems here. This could very well be stupid as hell.
BUT
Have you considered it might be the transmission fluid? It makes sense to me if it's gunked up (oh yeah, technical term there) it could possibly cause problems shifting into gear, and it warming up could allow it to flow more freely and alleviate the issue.
then you need a second set of eyes to look at movement of the pressure plate under the car while someone pushes the clutch pedal. its for sure either no travel or very little travel. meaning low fluid level, or bad master/slave cylinder.
06-29-2016, 11:33 AM
