[V8] Warning - V8 Trans

[RichardMor at aol.com]

When I had my transmission rebuilt, I asked the technician about this as I had
heard both sides of the argument.  He was quite adamant that the V8 tranny 
should
be left in gear while idling (such as at a stop light) and NOT shifted into 
neutral or park.
For what its worth.....

Richard Morris
Renton, WA

<<I thought this only applied to the early BMW ZF 4HP22 boxes, and had been
resolved before the V8Q's 4HP24A box went into production.  On V8Q box
there's always a bit of pressure on the clutch plates, no matter which
setting you have it in.  Going from memory, so take it FWIW.

BCNU,
http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/

Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> writes:

> This is from someone with some first-hand experience.
> Can anyone confirm or further qualify this?
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 
> Do not let the car idle for after placing the car in any forward 
> gear.  This is what caused the demise of #1's trans.
>  
> There is a documented design flaw that does not fully bleed down 
> the pressure on the forward clutch pack, after engaging a forward gear.>>