Re: Is there such a thing as an automatic transmission modulator valve?

"my_two_cent" <kweagle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Folks;
>
> I'm having a problem with automatic transmission fluid getting into my
> cylinders and burning. It happens only occasionally, but in reading
> about other cars, the advice is to replace the "modulator valve".
>
> None of my three Miata manuals mentions an AT modulator valve and none
> of the online or catalog parts suppliers has any. I haven't found any
> discussion of this on this group.
>
There is a "vacuum diaphragm" on the U.S. driver's side of the
transmission 
just above the pan. The transmission usually doesn't run right when this 
goes bad.
http://forum.miata.net/vb/archive/index.php/t-222712.html

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Ken Lyons '97 Brilliant Black/'90 Classic Red
Inside the Beltway
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