[V8] Balky Torque Converter

[Tim Hollister]

SHHHHHHH!!! my new v8 is doing that now as well. temp gets down to 20ish and untill it warms up
it will actually stall the car if you don't feather the gas or blip the throttle. I was going to
run some trans conditioner and then flush the system and see if it helps. It might just be sticky.


--- Andrew Schlueter <andyschlueter at 4techwork.com> wrote:

> Mine started to do that about month before it crapped out.
> 
> Andrew Schlueter
> '90 V8 MQuattro
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com on behalf of Bill Hitzler
> Sent: Fri 12/8/2006 2:58 PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] Balky Torque Converter
>  
> I may have finally homed in on my balky torque converter troubles. I
> originally thought it was the tranny but then noticed my mileage would
> drop by 3-4 MPG when the TQ was balky. At that point I was looking for
> faulty sensors, though I could never get any codes even while the car
> was doing this. Quite by accident I found that by goosing the throttle
> under about 40 MPH while I'm decelerating to a stop and voila things are
> all normal. So at this point I'm thinking that it must be a solenoid in
> the tranny and my decreased mileage was from more friction in the trans
> rather than a rich engine condition. It only happens until the car's
> warmed up and only below about 40 degrees. When it gets warm enough I'll
> do some poking around in the tranny.  Thanks for all the suggestions on
> my original post. William
> 
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