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wallykap
Mar 26, 2014, 04:16 PM
Jeep sounds like steering pump... but this sound is coming from Transmission. When I start up to drive the sound is present, and changes sound at 35 mph shift... at 42mph shift the noise goes away! 168000 miles. I don't think it is a bearing, but I would like to know if this is repairable with transmission still attached to vehicle (ie fix it through drain pan). Thanks in advance! Week

ma0641
Mar 26, 2014, 07:27 PM
About the only thing accessible through the pan is the valve body and some shift linkage and modulator parts. Sounds like a pump. Hope for the best.

TxGreaseMonkey
Mar 26, 2014, 07:34 PM
I would try dropping and cleaning the pan and magnet, replacing both internal filters, and refilling with Valvoline ATF+4. If that doesn't solve the problem, I'd take the Jeep to the dealer for diagnosis and repair.

wallykap
Mar 26, 2014, 10:48 PM
I would try dropping and cleaning the pan and magnet, replacing both internal filters, and refilling with Valvoline ATF4+. If that doesn't solve the problem, I'd take the Jeep to the dealer for diagnosis and repair.

I know ATF4+ sounds like the fluid... but if you check - it should be Dextron for this year and model...

TxGreaseMonkey
Mar 27, 2014, 04:23 AM
My references show ATF+4 for virtually all 1998 Jeeps, which is easy enough to confirm with your local Jeep dealer.

CaptainRich
Mar 27, 2014, 05:11 AM
Yup! ATF+4 for sure or Dexron IIE/Mercon

wallykap
Apr 27, 2014, 06:03 PM
I would try dropping and cleaning the pan and magnet, replacing both internal filters, and refilling with Valvoline ATF+4. If that doesn't solve the problem, I'd take the Jeep to the dealer for diagnosis and repair.

I'd like to apologize as the problem WAS the power steering pump. Sorry; walt K