i give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sazturbo]

ok so got my knuckle assembly fixed and put on last night. great my vr4 back on the road i was so happy!!! went to stafford today to visit some friends and heading home on the motorway stopped at a garage to fill up and just as i was pulling off the motorway the car locked its self into 3rd stopped and smoke pouring out of engine bay my gearbox has lost all its 10 litres of oil!!!!! so had to run it home in limp mode. so now i'm all depressed, my pride and joy is off the road again!!!!!!!! why is it ya fix one thing and another goes wrong??? anyone had this happened to them? if so what was the cause?

[Nutter_John]

Sorry But did you just say that your drove the car home in limp mode knowing you had no ATF ?

[Nick Mann]

Potentially your torque converter seal. Only a £13 seal, but another £350 worth of labour/oils to change it.

[aboo]

Sounds like what happend to me last year coming home from Japfest. TC seal has gone.

[sazturbo]

Sorry But did you just say that your drove the car home in limp mode knowing you had no ATF ?

i got some fluid from the garage to get it home, i didn't have far to go. only a few miles to go it wasn't worth calling rac out. would i have damaged it anymore by doing this?

[sazturbo]

Potentially your torque converter seal. Only a £13 seal, but another £350 worth of labour/oils to change it.

oh that doesn't sound good!!!

[Nutter_John]

Depends where the fuild escaped from , which side did you swap the hub carrier on , just wondering if you had not seated the driveshaft properly and it leaked under pressure

Could be the TC seal as Nick and Andy said

[aboo]

Yeah that sound about right & thats if a friendly member that knows what there doing does it for you. The Mitsu stealer up here in Aberdeen would charge you over £500.

Gutted for you as I know how this feels.

[sazturbo]

Depends where the fuild escaped from , which side did you swap the hub carrier on , just wondering if you had not seated the driveshaft properly and it leaked under pressure

Could be the TC seal as Nick and Andy said

swapped the rear drivers side. as far as i know it was seated properly. and it seems that the smoke was coming from the engine bay area so i'm guessing it was leaking near the front

[sazturbo]

Yeah that sound about right & thats if a friendly member that knows what there doing does it for you. The Mitsu stealer up here in Aberdeen would charge you over £500.

Gutted for you as I know how this feels.

i am gutted. ever since i bought the car i've loved it but it seems lately i'm having a few probs but the car is def worth fixing!!!!!

[Nutter_John]

Ah ok rear would have no effect on the g'box , when it is light have a look in the top right hand side near the battery for two pipes in a loop , one may have spilt .

if if not look under the car just to the left of the center member inbetween the engine and gearbox there is plate which you can remove and if there is fuild in there then it is the TC

[Nutter_John]

one last where r u based as someone may be close enough to have a peep

[TAR]

Its very likely the TC seal gone.

If run at low fluid level or dry, it will quickly destroy the internals.

If you are lucky, the gearbox will be OK, but they are very fussy about which ATF they need.

I hope you can sort it relatively painlessly, but if its the TC seal the gearbox has to come out to replace it.

[aboo]

It sound like the TC seal John. The ATF hitting the hot downpipes & making the smoke. Thats what happend with mine.

[sazturbo]

one last where r u based as someone may be close enough to have a peep

i live in hereford

[Nutter_John]

Hmm not sure of anyone around there , closet would be Nick I think

[sazturbo]

Its very likely the TC seal gone.

If run at low fluid level or dry, it will quickly destroy the internals.

If you are lucky, the gearbox will be OK, but they are very fussy about which ATF they need.

I hope you can sort it relatively painlessly, but if its the TC seal the gearbox has to come out to replace it.

i hope i'm lucky. i hope i can get it sorted sounds like a big job!

[sazturbo]

Hmm not sure of anyone around there , closet would be Nick I think

is that nick mann?

[sazturbo]

Ah ok rear would have no effect on the g'box , when it is light have a look in the top right hand side near the battery for two pipes in a loop , one may have spilt .

if if not look under the car just to the left of the center member inbetween the engine and gearbox there is plate which you can remove and if there is fuild in there then it is the TC

thanks will have a look tomorrow

[Nutter_John]

Yeah Nick Mann is in Reditch but afaik it is only about 1hr from you