What Is a Transaxle?

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Have you ever heard of a transaxle? Probably not if you are not too keen about automotive literature. The transaxle is a smaller version of the transmission and is commonly found in FWD vehicles that come with automatic car transmission systems. Unlike your standard...

What Is a Dual Clutch Transmission?

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Transmission systems are complex, and most drivers only know about the two basic types. That’s the manual transmission; that requires the driver to change gears by pressing the clutch and using a stick shift and the automatic transmissions that does all the shifting...

Automatic Transmission & CVT – Which Is Right for Me?

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Which Transmission Do You Want? When you are choosing a car to buy an important thing to consider is what type of transmission you want. Traditionally the choice was between an automatic transmission and a manual transmission. However, recently a third option has come...

What Happens if I Put the Wrong Transmission Fluid in My Car?

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Car transmissions are delicate mechanisms. Each car has its own recommendations from the manufacturer on which transmission fluid your car needs. Some transmission fluids are very incompatible with different transmission types as they use different additives in the...

How a Torque Converter Works

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Automatic Transmission Torque Converters Ever wonder what a torque converter does? The torque converter transfers power from the engine to the transmission. Without a torque converter, your automatic transmission won’t work. Cars with automatic transmissions...