question #1. only happens when i havent drove it like overnight or so when i start the car and put it in drive it will take literally up to a full min at time before it engages into drive and after it warms and it will engage right away. fluid is clean and full.

question #2. also when first starting the car sputters alot. almost sounds like its missing, i smell fuel. and alot of black smoke out of the exhaust. but when the motor warms up it respones fine most of the time, sometime it still hesitates or misses, i have a new air inlet temp sensor, the car does seem like its burning through fuel alot faster, might be running rich as well. how would i check and adjust that??

car is a 91 camaro rs v6 auto

 

Question #1 This can only be 2 things, 1 you are super low on tranny fluid, or 2 the seals in the transmission are hard as a rock and are not sealing allowing blow-by until they get warm and soften up.

Question#2 What codes if any is it throwing? If it was me I would start at the coolant temp sender. Do a search and figure out what ohm reading you should have with the ambient temperature out side on a morning after it has been sitting all night. I bet it is bad and telling the pcm its way colder than it is.

 

thanks for the advice. well it must be the seals in the tranny. the fluid is all good. and ill be sure to check that sensor soon as i can