Torque converter issues

[knightlogger]

Hey guys I have an 01 1500 4x4 with a 5.9 v8. I Recently bought it ans in the last couple weeks i noticed when my truck gets up to temp when I left off the throttle while driving or coming to a stop it trys to stall. My coe worker being a mechanic for 20 years said it sounds like my torque converter is staying locked. The truck shifts just fine through all the gears. When shifting to neutral before I stop the truck doesn't stall. Could it be that the tranny needs to be flushed or could it be the sylenoid or do I need to also look into a new torque converter as well ? The truck has 236 thousand and the fluid is dark but not burnt. It has signs someone's had tranny work done.

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[dudeman2009]

The torque converts are known to go bad and have issues like this if they aren't replaced. Many times when transmissions are services the torque converter isn't, and that causes a problem. It can also cause the transmission to wear and fail prematurely as a faulty torque converter creates a lot of heat, that is the enemy of transmissions.

It does sound like the TQ is staying locked. The first thing you can try is to replace the TQ solenoid.

 

[bulrid8]

I would try to drain fluid and change filter and fluid first.

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[knightlogger]

Thanks guys I think i will try the sylenoid and flushing it see where that goes. That was my initial thought how ever but I wasn't sure if that would be a good place to start.

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