Hi guys, i'm still battling with the warranty company who want a confirmed report of the failure but want me to pay for it first.
The problem i have is that i spoke to a so called gearbox specialist and described the problems to him, revs going high and slipping like in a manual car and then
clunking into gear.
He said he has been opening boxes for 23 years and he knows its very unlikely that it is the Torque converter. He said the box is low on oil pressure, goes into limo mode
and that the forward clutch has gone. He started babbling onto some technical jargon then said i was being told <beep> like the rest of us are. I told him that many people have had torque converter failures with my symptoms but he seemed adamant that a car that would rev high and clunk into gear was not due to a torque converter.
Can anyone help please.
Thanks
Torque Converter
Re: Torque Converter
Get a Vagcom scan done on the gearbox module, it will tell you loads of information. As I think has been said previously you're unlikely to get any warranty company to pay out on these gearboxes, other than an Audi warranty that it. You have two choices at the moment, 1. ask the warranty company for a goodwill payment. 2. pay for the work yourself and get the car sorted. Grizz is now doing replacements for 3.5k all in.
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Not the TC. Slipper clutch, ATF return pipe, front pump assem etc etc. NOT the the TC. innit.
No matter where you go, there you are.
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Slippers? Pipe? Are we on the Jaguar forum?
Madi, look back at bam's posts about how he battered the warranty company into submission. You might decide that it will be less painful to just chuck 3.5 grand grizz's way...
Madi, look back at bam's posts about how he battered the warranty company into submission. You might decide that it will be less painful to just chuck 3.5 grand grizz's way...
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Take that back.Shoppinit wrote:Slippers? Pipe? Are we on the Jaguar forum?
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Yes, that's what you'll be saying to the seller when you buy one...
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///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Child, bloody child.Shoppinit wrote:Yes, that's what you'll be saying to the seller when you buy one...
previous- Pug 205 gti, 306 gti, 309 gti Goodwood.
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
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Go clean your pipe.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Hope you trap yours in your fly.
previous- Pug 205 gti, 306 gti, 309 gti Goodwood.
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
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Who is this so called specialist?madi wrote:Hi guys, i'm still battling with the warranty company who want a confirmed report of the failure but want me to pay for it first.
The problem i have is that i spoke to a so called gearbox specialist and described the problems to him, revs going high and slipping like in a manual car and then
clunking into gear.
He said he has been opening boxes for 23 years and he knows its very unlikely that it is the Torque converter. He said the box is low on oil pressure, goes into limo mode
and that the forward clutch has gone. He started babbling onto some technical jargon then said i was being told <beep> like the rest of us are. I told him that many people have had torque converter failures with my symptoms but he seemed adamant that a car that would rev high and clunk into gear was not due to a torque converter.
Can anyone help please.
Thanks
He could be right about the forward clutch pack being shafted.
previous- Pug 205 gti, 306 gti, 309 gti Goodwood.
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
Re: Torque Converter
Calm down, granddad. Here you go, to sooth you:
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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My feet aren't joined together!
previous- Pug 205 gti, 306 gti, 309 gti Goodwood.
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
Re: Torque Converter
Penus, grandad!!!!!! ^^^^^^Shoppinit wrote:Calm down, granddad. Here you go, to sooth you:
previous- Pug 205 gti, 306 gti, 309 gti Goodwood.
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
Audi S3, S4 V8 avant.
Porsche Macan Turbo.
Gone but NEVER forgotten - C5 RS6 Misano red avant.
Now - Empty garage
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!
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Re: Torque Converter
You certain? I thought that inbreeding was still rife in the Midlands.chunky79 wrote:My feet aren't joined together!
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Re: Torque Converter
Also check your toes, Chunk. They are supposed to be separate, not webbed.
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"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
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