You are checking the level properly? I don't have an auto but fluid level sounds like the culprit, and it solved a friend of mines identical problem. Some autos have specific gear requirements and temp to check level.


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Nothing wrong with your tranny. This is very common. Happens all the time in Moab.
The only solution is installing the Rock Krawler deep sump tranny pan.

 

im glad you posted about this... i had a question that crossed my mind about this pan and forgot to ask it a week ago! new thread in 3... 2...

 

I have the RROR skids and I understand the RK pan won't work with them.

 

Could they be made to work with some cutting/grinding?

 

Why do you need a skid? This pan is made of 1/4" plate steel.

 

I don't know the particulars of his situation, but I have the Rockard Oil Pan, Transmission & Dual Catalytic skid. I mainly purchased it for the oil pan protection. I would like to do the RK transmission pan, but don't think it would fit with my skid. So I either keep what I have or get rid of the skid and get new armored tranny and oil pans.

 

Try checking the fluid level fully warmed up and at idle. It's probably 1qt+ low. Fill to between the two lines and you should be jammin'. If you have an aftermarket oil cooler, when the engine is shut off the fluid in the cooler will run back into the sump and give you a false reading.

 

I've always had this problem, even with the proper tranny fluid level.
Also, quick question...
How do you guys ever hit your oil pan to the point of needing a oil pan skid? I've been wheeling for many years (apparently not hard enough) and have never smashed up an engine oil pan. ? Maybe my axles are too big?

 

Also, quick question...
How do you guys ever hit your oil pan to the point of needing a oil pan skid? I've been wheeling for many years (apparently not hard enough) and have never smashed up an engine oil pan. ? Maybe my axles are too big?

the pans are probably not needed in a lot of cases, but i honestly feel A LOT better knowing i have a skid plate down there 'just in case.' i dont get out and wheel nearly as much as i want to, and not nearly as much as a lot of you guys, but i feel added protection is always a good thing.

 

Lol, I have the full Poly skid system and have smacked the crap out of everything BUT the oil pan skid, which doesn't have a single mark on it.

 

TC skid:

Never touched the oil pan skid.

co4lo,

Chicken or the egg? Why do I need the tranny skid? because I have it. I guess I could remove it, but then I wouldn't have a smooth surface on the bottom.

 

co4lo,

Chicken or the egg? Why do I need the tranny skid? because I have it. I guess I could remove it, but then I wouldn't have a smooth surface on the bottom.

The tranny skid is pretty much built in to the RK Tranny Pan. And my stock tranny pan did get pretty banged up. But I've never touched the engine oil pan.

 

When JKs first came out, everybody was complaining about this, but we eventually just chalked it up to normal behavior. Mine has done it several times while playing in really steep dunes. My fluid level was full and my tranny functioned perfectly otherwise.

 

Ive got a dent in my oil pan as well.

 

Damn, I must be a *****! :suicide:

 

Or you have big axles.

 

i run the RROR skids and not a scratch on my oil pan skid, but i figure as soon as you take it off is when your gonna smash it.

 

Little tires bend skid plates.

 

You guys have me confused. I thought rocks bent skid plates.

 

Make sure when you check the fluid level that it has been driven for at least 15 minutes, while still running put the jeep in neutral, engage the e brake and check the level. If it is good then you need a deep sump tranny pan.

 

Can I check out your pan Brad? I want to eyeball and see how much I'll have to modify my skid.

 

Just wheel around pumice. Those are soft rocks.

 

I don't know what kinds of rocks they are, but there are white rocks around here that are almost like chalk.

 

Used to happen all the time in my YJ. put on a deep sump pan, and overfilled by a qt, never had a issue again. Have had it vertical several times.

 

If I'm on an incline for more than perhaps 30 to 60 seconds, my transmission starts to slip.

2008 JK
Transmission fluid is good (changed at the beginning of the year) and full.

My guess is that it has something to do with the fluid draining from where it needs to be to do it's job.

Anyone else run into this?

What are possible solutions?

In normal driving, the tranny works fine.

Stuff like this is where I have a problem.

I haven't experienced this yet with the Jeep, but I used to have a Chevy pickup that would do this on a friend of mine's driveway. His driveway was so steep, I couldn't drive up it forward. I had to turn the truck around and go up his driveway in reverse. PITA.

 

It did just happen to me last weekend on Widowmaker in Moab. I was super vertical, and even though I accepted the winch for safety I was still trying to crawl up it. The tranny would slip untill the RPMs got higher and then it would pop into gear, even though I knew what was going on it was still scary. RK deep sump pan------come to me!

 

I found a new one this weekend, which I didn't know about at least. When oil pressure gets around 5 psi the motor cuts out. 10 mins sat at a steep angle and the motor just turns off. Not so good when you can't even be winched in either direction! Wait a while and it will start back up, but needed to keep the rpm high to keep the oil pressure up.