4EAT No shift into 4th until warmed up?

[n2x4]

Hey guys, I just started driving an 94SS that I bought over the summer. I've made it the winter driver and I'm having some weird transmission issues.

When I first drive it in the morning, it doesn't want to shift into 4th. For about 3 miles, it'll stay in third even when I'm consistently doing 55. I can move the shifter from D to 3 and nothing happens. Once it's apparently "warmed up" it'll finally go into 4th, but the RPM's are still a bit high. After about 8 miles, you can feel another slight shift and the RPM's drop down to normal 4th gear OD RPM's (changes from about 2500k to 2100k @ 55mph)

The car only has 110k miles on it, and I never really drove it over the summer to see if this is just a cold weather issue. I'm guessing that there isn't enough line pressure in the trans to make the car shift correctly and that I should probably check my tranny fluid levels, but this is my only auto legacy and I haven't messed with anything other than 5MT's. Ideas?

[Legacy777]

This is normal, please search for more detailed info. Myself or someone else posted more detailed info.

[n2x4]

Wow,

Don't know how I missed this thread
http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?t=30212

My bad!

Thanks Josh

[smh0101]

I had a thought...

I am a 5mt owner so this doesnt effect me...

But could you possibly install a heating element around the tranny to heat it up faster?

I dunno just a thought for super cold weather...

Maybe just a dumb idea because heat isnt generally a good thing but maybe have a temperature engaged swith...

[n2x4]

Eh,

I don't think it would really matter. 8 miles at a constant 55-60 is all it takes for my car to warm up, so it's not too bad.

If you did care though, the easiest thing would be to get one of those heated dipsticks and run one of those in the tranny. I think I'll stick with what subaru decided to do though. I can handle some extra RPMs for a little while. Just kinda freaks you out if you have no idea what's going on.