96 rodeo idles high in park.shifts kinda funny going down the road

the fluid must never be over filled as most do.
if was that caused foam up of the ATF and bearings are destroyed.

• hot engine
• hood up.
• in park at normal idle speed, running.
• dipstick reads L >>>x<<<<H

the x must never be above or at high. hi is for when it over heats
the users guide tells what to do , do not guess. or BOOM

what you are doing is 100%wrong ,full stop .(adding ATF blind)
assumes adding blind, or wrongly.
yes lots of things possible
there are like 10 on cars tests.
all good shops know what to do.
not pulling means RPM cream high like neutral for Drive.
or stuck a lower gear. as in not upshifting
scan the TCM for errors is next.

if losing quart of ATF per day the car must not be driven
or wreck the box you will, or far far worse. make the core useless.
rebuilt tranny needs good core.
do if you feel tranny clutch packs slip do not make them slip more or they burn up.
stops pulling means what, false neutral or fails to up shift
a bad shift solenoid can that.

Here are the most common causes of idle surge, rough idle esp when cold and stalls at stops, slow idle speed, erratic idle speed, rough idle and engine hesitation (and other problems), it is in most cases the idle speed control air-bypass valve and or throttle valve and upper intake, these area's get full of gunk and combustion residue over the miles and cause idle issues (stalls, low idle) like yours, Get a can of intake cleaner from any local parts store, not carb spray, intake cleaner, it is made by a company called CRC, remove the air intake hose to the engine, hold the idle high so the engine won't stall, then spray the can of cleaner into the intake while keeping the engine running, use at least 1/2 the can, shut down the engine and disconnect the battery for 5 minutes, then restart and complete a number of mixed driving cycles, town, freeway, stop and go etc., after a few days the problem will go away as the system will relearn to the clean intake.

The TPS can play funny tricks like this. Also sounds like a throtle linkage problem as well. Do u mean disengaged rather than engaged?

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It sounds like the shift linkage needs to be adjusted, it doesn't sound like it's all the way in park.

Sounds like the timing belt may have broke. You can check by opening the oil cap on the valve cover and watching the valves while someone cranks the engine. If the valves do not move, your timing belt has snapped. Please let us know if this is not the cause or if you would like instructions for replacing the belt.

voltage sounds kinda high for while its running. the voltage regulator in the alternator sounds like it is bad. i would replace the alternator.

If you have a high idle and lunging...that usually happens when there is a leak on the intake manifold side allowing more air to get in, then the computer senses the increase in air and adds more fuel. There in turn has to be one more failure in the system to allow the idle to run away, may be a tps sensor (throttle position sensor) or something down the line.

something is wrong with your tranny

hey check your tv cable adjustment type it in in google its hard to explain where it is but google will tell you where it is and how to adjust it

I had this happen to a 1999 4x4 LS and my sisters boyfriend mentioned to periodically turn 4x4 on/off at least once a month.
What I did was go down a stretch of road slowly and attempt to turn it on/off till it became unstuck.
Drove around 10 miles on a road that was hardly used...to get the stupid light to quit flashing I had to put it in park and try to creep forward ---while using off settiing or put in park then reverse...while using the off -setting on 4x4. My patience paid off. They get sticky...you must be cautious... because there is a way to cause vibration and then it won't start...some deadman feature that I experienced once and the LWD must have slipped in a little and I had to look at everything.
Mine is an Automatic with the shift on the floor...that can get sticky too.

Good luck and hope this helps...mine had lots of growing pains but I get 23 mpg and it runs/idles better and the only gremlin left is some short in the dash which leaves the lights D/3 (one or both on)for the shift indicator on:)