Jimbo
07-09-2005, 04:31 PM
This might be of some interest if anybody else suffers similar symptoms...
Since getting back from Nurburg, I think it was, my car has been running well-rough; stalling quite often, and lurching a lot when changing gear, especially in auto. It didn't seem particularly worrying until about 2 weeks ago when I realised it was definitely getting worse and that there were now small dried up oil stains on my drive /Hmmm
Not having access to any ramps I took it to the garage for them to have a look and they confirmed there was a gearbox leak, difficult to say where as the stuff was spread across most of the underside of the car, but they seemed to think it was leaking from the torque converter.
I had to wait a while to get paid at the end of last month, and then I took it back for them to investigate further - it was catch 22 with my warranty as I had to give them a quote for work, but couldn't get a quote until they'd figured out the problem. /grr
Anyway, it's now been back to Holdcroft where they had it all day, took off the undertrays, steam cleaned the underside, found a loose hose going into the torque converter ( /Hmmm ) that they tightened up, filled it back up with ATF, and only charged me 1 hours labour and no parts !! :happy: :happy: I've been starting to get on really well with their service manager in these past 6 months and they've started to become extremely reliable and very helpful.
I'm still a little nervous about the car and I'm taking it easy for a while, regularly checking the fluid levels just in case - almost paranoid :rolleyes4 Dare I say though, it does appear to be running smoother than I think it's ever done before.
Anyway, the point of this long post.....to assist other people in a future diagnosis: a stalling car can also mean low ATF levels. /yes
I wouldn't have thought that before and I actually thought my problems were due to the dump valve possibly needing a tighten...until I noticed the low oil levels and residue on my drive. According to Mitsy, when ATF levels are low the ECU gets extremely confused and simply can't cope.
Since getting back from Nurburg, I think it was, my car has been running well-rough; stalling quite often, and lurching a lot when changing gear, especially in auto. It didn't seem particularly worrying until about 2 weeks ago when I realised it was definitely getting worse and that there were now small dried up oil stains on my drive /Hmmm
Not having access to any ramps I took it to the garage for them to have a look and they confirmed there was a gearbox leak, difficult to say where as the stuff was spread across most of the underside of the car, but they seemed to think it was leaking from the torque converter.
I had to wait a while to get paid at the end of last month, and then I took it back for them to investigate further - it was catch 22 with my warranty as I had to give them a quote for work, but couldn't get a quote until they'd figured out the problem. /grr
Anyway, it's now been back to Holdcroft where they had it all day, took off the undertrays, steam cleaned the underside, found a loose hose going into the torque converter ( /Hmmm ) that they tightened up, filled it back up with ATF, and only charged me 1 hours labour and no parts !! :happy: :happy: I've been starting to get on really well with their service manager in these past 6 months and they've started to become extremely reliable and very helpful.
I'm still a little nervous about the car and I'm taking it easy for a while, regularly checking the fluid levels just in case - almost paranoid :rolleyes4 Dare I say though, it does appear to be running smoother than I think it's ever done before.
Anyway, the point of this long post.....to assist other people in a future diagnosis: a stalling car can also mean low ATF levels. /yes
I wouldn't have thought that before and I actually thought my problems were due to the dump valve possibly needing a tighten...until I noticed the low oil levels and residue on my drive. According to Mitsy, when ATF levels are low the ECU gets extremely confused and simply can't cope.