[s-cars] S8 pulling when stopped in Drive

[David Kase]

I know the local Audi garage had (3) S4 bi-turbo's in for torque 
converters when I stopped the other day. I'm not sure what the problem 
was though.  I can call and ask if it would help.

Dave K.



chris chambers wrote:

>Gisli,
>
>sounds like you have a bad torque converter, this is the device that
>acts as the "clutch" in an automatic transmission.
>
>You might find this interesting:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque_converter
>
>
>HTH
>Chris
>
>--- Gísli Óttarsson <gislio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I'm having an annoying problem with my 2001 S8.  When holding at a
>>red light
>>it pulls pretty hard --- so hard that if I were to let go of the
>>brake I
>>would quickly cover the few feet to the car in front of me.  Not only
>>is it
>>obvious that the car is straining against the brakes but it makes it
>>nearly
>>impossible to get a very smooth start.  I initially passed this off
>>as a
>>stallion pulling against the reigns but it quickly got old.  This
>>definitely
>>does not seem right.
>>
>>The car seems to have the right idle speed, approx. 800 RPM and the
>>problem
>>is present regardless of whether the engine is running cold or at
>>proper
>>operating temperature.
>>
>>The transmission was rebuilt before I bought the car a few months ago
>>and I
>>have been wondering if something may need to be adjusted.  It has
>>also
>>occurred to me that some connection is missing, e.g., something
>>telling the
>>transmission to chill when the brake-pedal is depressed.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>  Gísli
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