1996 Chevy Silverado Tranny Rebuilt - Continued issues

1996 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
140,000 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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JEEPSTR723
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Hi, I had my transmission rebuilt by a local shop, the R & R'd all the parts, clutches, switches, wires, ect. as they told me. $1700.00 worth, supposedly with Heavy Duty parts. 1000 miles out of the shop the trans started slipping again while towing a 6x12 enclosed atv trailer. Retruned truck to shop where they say contamination from radiator/ trans cooler leaked and contaminated the fluids. They rebuilt the tranny again and by-passed area of leakage. No visible radiator leak to outside of vehicle. Short time later after repairs made 2nd time, Service Engine light came on - stayed on, returned to facility and found code to be Manifold Pressure Sensor issue. I could not return truck to shop for 3 weeks due to out of town business. Another 700 hundred miles or so later after towing mt trailer with no problems 200 miles. I loaded about 600 pounds in trailer and towed about 3 miles. Engine started running rough, popping, sputtering, check engine light flashing. Could the Manifold Pressure sensor malfunction cause the engine to run rough or is the poor engine proplems causing the tranny issues. Thanks
Apr 27, 2010 at 6:47 AM
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YAHOO4
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not likely, i assume your talking about the manifold absolute pressure sensor,many driveability issues can seem like trans problems but many are not. Now you need to address the engine problems (poor timing on coincidence) if your check engine light was flashing that means that an emission relatet problem is occuring that can cause catylitc converter damage such as a missfire problem, get your vehicle to a trusted shop and have the check engine light checked and treat them as two seperate problems, good luck
Apr 28, 2010 at 10:32 PM
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