lol, wide body - Page 2

missfire · 17-02-17, 05:54 PM

now, if I'd read that before I spent half a year's wage trying to fix one...

Audiden · 18-02-17, 08:51 AM

A lot of the gearbox issues on these can be attributed to failings in the gearbox ECU.

Due to the ECU's location, transmission fluid finds it's way along the wiring to the ECU, the coating on the circuit board gets compromised, then all havoc breaks loose with the box going into limp mode & throwing up fault codes. Wiring breaks in the ECU are common too. All this can be fixed & relatively cheaply too... Better than unnecessarily 'rebuilding' the gearbox.

An Avant 4.2 would is a car I've hankered after before, but logic has always kept me away.

18-02-17, 08:51 AM	#12
Audiden Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,257	A lot of the gearbox issues on these can be attributed to failings in the gearbox ECU. Due to the ECU's location, transmission fluid finds it's way along the wiring to the ECU, the coating on the circuit board gets compromised, then all havoc breaks loose with the box going into limp mode & throwing up fault codes. Wiring breaks in the ECU are common too. All this can be fixed & relatively cheaply too... Better than unnecessarily 'rebuilding' the gearbox. An Avant 4.2 would is a car I've hankered after before, but logic has always kept me away. __________________ Too many cars!!

17-02-17, 05:54 PM	#11
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,154	now, if I'd read that before I spent half a year's wage trying to fix one...