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Posted by: Steve Jul 3 2022, 11:34 PM
914 trans in v8 car. All gears have a slight whine, with 4th being the worst.
Runs and shifts fine. Drained oil through a strainer. No chunks, just this crap on the drain plug.
Would you tear it apart or just drive it?
What would the doctor do? @dr evil
Posted by: 914e Jul 3 2022, 11:44 PM
914 trans in v8 car. All gears have a slight whine, with 4th being the worst.
Runs and shifts fine. Drained oil through a strainer. No chunks, just this crap on the drain plug.
Would you tear it apart or just drive it?
What would the doctor do? @dr_evil
Is the whine new or increasing? Since it is in all gears it might be a pinion bearing.
Posted by: Spoke Jul 3 2022, 11:44 PM
I'm no expert but I've never seen that much metal on the plug.
Posted by: 930cabman Jul 4 2022, 05:59 AM
Hard to tell, but are we looking at chunks of metal or dust?
Posted by: 914Sixer Jul 4 2022, 06:24 AM
Call DR EVIL
Posted by: Steve Jul 4 2022, 07:47 AM
914 trans in v8 car. All gears have a slight whine, with 4th being the worst.
Runs and shifts fine. Drained oil through a strainer. No chunks, just this crap on the drain plug.
Would you tear it apart or just drive it?
What would the doctor do? @dr_evil
Is the whine new or increasing? Since it is in all gears it might be a pinion bearing.
4th gear whine was always there. The whine in all the gears is new after I drag raced another muscle car off the line in second. So dumb at my age.
Posted by: Steve Jul 4 2022, 07:49 AM
Hard to tell, but are we looking at chunks of metal or dust?
It wasn’t chunks of metal and just smeared off with a towel.
Kind of looked like Venum!
Posted by: Robarabian Jul 4 2022, 09:43 AM
MEtal is relative to time... depends when the last change was... if that was a product of metal over the course of years without an oil change, then I would not be so concerned. If it was like a 6 month oil change....yes, it would be concerning.
Dr. Evil's write up has some guidance on it as well.
Posted by: Steve Jul 4 2022, 05:47 PM
I put in 85-140 gear oil and now it’s quieter. It’s just a cars & coffee toy. I will run it as is until it gets worse or explodes! Lol
Thanks for the feedback. I Will look for another trans to go through versus going through this trans and have a dead car. Any used trans in the so cal area? I will also post in the want adds.
Posted by: 930cabman Jul 4 2022, 05:52 PM
A decent used trans may run you 800 or so. Add around 1.5 at least for a rebuild. I have been a running well used trans and keep clean oil in it. Hoping to chum up with a local tranny rebuilder one of these days
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