[V8] 1990 V8 auto transmission issue

[Dag Bøsterud]

I must be stupid, but how can a faulty rear engine seal cause the
transmission to go bust?
There's still a seal on the ingoing axle to the transmission, and the
converter is sealed shut...
I mean.. just asking :)

/Dag
1990 Audi 100 Turbo Quattro Sport Exklusiv


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Kent McLean
Sendt: 9. juni 2012 02:03
Til: v8 at audifans.com
Emne: 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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