[V8] 1990 V8 auto transmission issue

[allanvega at comcast.net]

Kent, I'm really trying to show restraint here, but really, that has to be the biggest load of BS I've heard on this list in a while . 
Lets start with the ridiculous statement "A rear seal goes on the engine, leaks oil into the transmission, and 
transmission death follows shortly thereafter." While rear main seals do go on these (all cars) please explain how the fluid from a rear main seal defies gravity, shoots past the torque converter, and into the front input shaft seal, and then mixes with the transmission fluid? 

"V8s are known for eating their automatic transmissions." Really? How about this, the the zf4hp24 is the most robust automatic transmission Audi has ever installed in any of there automatic cars. Audi chose that transmission because of its proven reliability in cars such as the bmw e32 750 (yes the twelve cylinder), Land rover dicovery (a truck!), Range rover 4.6 (yet another truck) bmw e31 850 (another twelve cylinder) and both the jaguar xjs and xj6. 
90% of failures on these transmissions are maintenance related (lack of service, till there's a problem) probably 8% for human error (towing with wheels on the ground, reving engine with car in park or neutral) 

If you bought your car new, did all your maintenance on scheduled, and still went through several transmutations, then you might have a leg to stand on....but then we would still be talking about one car only. Its just too easy for people to pick on Audi automatics, be cause of there problematic 3 speed auto front drivers of the 80's and the a8 autos of the 90's, These are not those tranys, and don't deserve all the negative publicity ill informed owners like the OP above is spewing. 

(rant off) 

As for the car in question, the fact that "it moves forward slowly" could be an indication of limp home mode. severl things could cause this, the most common is low trany fluid. other things that it could be bad multi function switch on the transmission, sticking solenoids inside the transmission(old fluid = varnish) bad forward clutch packs, burnt pump ( again, maintenance) 









----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net> 
To: v8 at audifans.com 
Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 8:02:59 PM 
Subject: Re: [V8] 1990 V8 auto transmission issue 

Lee Levitt wrote: 
> Too bad it's an auto. 
> 
> Here's a pic: 
> 
> www.auctionzip.com/Full-Image/1464508/fp34.cgi 

Really, if it was "just" a fluid change, they'd do it and sell it for 
top dollar. V8s are known for eating their automatic transmissions. 
A rear seal goes on the engine, leaks oil into the transmission, and 
transmission death follows shortly thereafter. 

Transmissions can be rebuilt to be better than new, but it isn't 
cheap. $500 for the car, $5000 for a rebuilt transmission, and you'll 
a nice driver, if the heater core has been replaced, and the heater 
blower is new, and the UFO brakes a good, and the AC holds a charge, 
and ... 

Oh, those steel wheels must be the winter set. I'm sure the original 
BBS's are in the trunk, probably with new high performance summer 
tires on them. 

-- 
Kent McLean 
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic 
gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy" 

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