[V8] trans question

[Mike LaRosa]

how many times have you had the tranny out Dave ?  :)

Mike,
ex-v8 owner
93 100 csqa



--- Dave Head <v8q at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> He's full of crap too...
> 
> Ed Dekker wrote:
> 
> > The Audi district service guy told us the ZF
> torque converter can't be 
> > disconnected.  My symptoms were identical in cold
> weather, to yours.
> > Ed Dekker
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From:
> <NicolCS at aol.com>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:17 PM
> > Subject: [V8] trans question
> >
> >
> >> Thanks for all the responses on my suddenly
> stalling car (post trans
> >> service).  I was thinking that the Dexron ATF
> they used might be a 
> >> little stickier
> >> than another brand.  I understand that these cars
> idle in second and 
> >> shift to
> >> first when you touch the gas.  The idea of a
> sticking solenoid for 
> >> the torque
> >> converter is a distinct possibility and one I
> hadn't thought of.  In 
> >> GM cars that
> >> I've had the problem with, I could unplug the TCC
> to test the 
> >> theory.  Is
> >> that possible on the Audi?  The other thing about
> the TCC solenoid 
> >> failures that
> >> I've had was that they locked up solid.  In the
> case of my Audi, it 
> >> feels more
> >> like the engine takes a big hit as if a
> super-duper A/C compressor just
> >> kicked in.  Sometimes it kills the engine,
> sometimes the engine 
> >> recovers. BOOM -
> >> what the heck was that!  Could be the TCC.  Were
> your symptoms 
> >> similar, Shawn
> >> (and any others)?
> >> TIA
> >> Craig Nicol
> >> 90V8Q Cayenne
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