white particles in tranny fluid

[simon barsinister]

Has anyone ever seen white ceramic particles in their tranny fluid?

I don't quite know what these are and if its normal wear and tear. They range in size from sand grains to 1/8 of an inch. Recently did my third tranny fluid change at 60K and started seeing these particles appear.

I have had a problem with the transmission jerking in 1st and 2nd gear right along for past 40K miles; this recent fluid change with the removal of some of the particles seemed to help soften the shift. Plan to get the tranny filter changed next time, but just wanted to know if this is anything serious.

[mirciulie]

That's very serious issues that you have in there my friend. sounds like some gears or something are grinded out. I will not drive the truck for nothing in the world, maybe just straight to a shop/dealer.
Hopefully the damage is not all that bad, but you don't wanna damage it anymoore.

Take action. FAST!

Mike

[dyogim]

Ceramic??? As I gutted out the tranny, I don't remember ever seeing anything ceramic. In any case, anything larger than very fine particles is not good. Even sand grain size. Have you taken the tranny pan off? I'd suggest you do that to see if there are larger pieces on the four magnets. I highly recommend doing this before you start driving it again. I have a few pics in my gallery of what the bottom of my tranny pan looked like.

[simon barsinister]

Originally Posted by dyogim

Ceramic??? As I gutted out the tranny, I don't remember ever seeing anything ceramic.

I'm only assuming it was ceramic; I can't really tell. Could be plastic or some other material, but definitely bright white and small in size. The truck has been shifting okay, so I don't think it might be anything serious. I'll probably get it checked out, although I hate to have to pay the dealership to remove my pan and replace 4 quarts and a tranny gasket just to check inside.

I don't know much about the internals of transmissions; I was wondering if there could be any material which could break up under excessive wear.

[mitchr]

Originally Posted by simon barsinister

I'm only assuming it was ceramic; I can't really tell. Could be plastic or some other material, but definitely bright white and small in size. The truck has been shifting okay, so I don't think it might be anything serious. I'll probably get it checked out, although I hate to have to pay the dealership to remove my pan and replace 4 quarts and a tranny gasket just to check inside.

I don't know much about the internals of transmissions; I was wondering if there could be any material which could break up under excessive wear.

I know a 90 Toy truck I had had some white plastic parts in it but they were not gears. They looked more like housing for sensors since they had wiring going to them. I have seen speedometer gears in other trannys that were white plastic though.