# 1998 Oldsmobile Silhouette 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 6, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-oldsmobile-silhouette-6-cyl-front-wheel-drive-automatic/24493 "2009-01-06T18:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![areyouwireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@areyouwireless](https://community.cartalk.com/u/areyouwireless)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-oldsmobile-silhouette-6-cyl-front-wheel-drive-automatic/24493/1 "2009-01-06T18:19:47Z")
1998 Oldsmobile Silhouette 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 218000 miles This is my beater car and I would hate to get rid of it at this point. I had the transmission replaced once around 100,000 miles ago, and have had the new one serviced and maintained - fluid was change at approximately 60,000 miles on the new trans. Now to my question. It seems over the last 1000 miles or so, the car is making a whining noise when its just started and cold - it will dissipate after the car is warmed up. If I drive the car prior to the transmission fluid being hot, its slips in reverse and shudders from a dead stop going forward (say at a traffic light). It has also started slipping when trying to accelerate too quickly. I’m thinking this might be a fluid pump problem. Is there anyway to check to determine if it is bad and change the pump myself? Or is this something more serious like the torque converter?