Signs | Method of elimination |
| The gear shift lever moves with difficulty or locks up | Check the gear shift lever. |
| Check the gear shift mechanism and gear shift lever slider. | |
| Check the automatic transmission safety control relay. | |
| Check the transmission identification plate (on the crankcase). | |
| Oil leaks at the height of the hydrokinetic transmission after replacing the sealing ring, as well as the transmission pump | Check the correct installation of the ring in the hydrokinetic transmission housing. |
| Check: – the condition of the rear seal of the engine crankshaft, as well as the sealing ring of the oil pump – tightening of the aluminum bolts of the hydrokinetic transmission, the drain plug of the hydrokinetic transmission case, as well as the weld seam of the hydrokinetic transmission. | |
| Traces of oil leaking from the gearbox are visible from the outside | Check: – the sealing ring of the rear part of the gearbox housing – the horizontal oil pipes on the housing and their connections – the adjusting bolt of the front planetary gear drive – the gasket of the gearshift lever and the gear reduction lever – the gasket between the rear part of the housing and the control connections – the oil pan gasket – the gasket of the speedometer drive cable – the gasket of the vacuum regulator. |
| Oil leakage without external traces | Replace the vacuum regulator. |
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