it started with a noise coming from the back of the engine about a week ago which i thought is the driver side turbo cos i haven't change it when i've changed the passenger side but tonight just half an hour ago come back from work jumped in the car ,the noise still there for about 5 min and then the car it won't move or it moves but realy slow ,i have tryed all gear still the same .what can it be? torque converter?

This sounds exactly like what happened to mine. Is it a loud mechanical whining type noise? I'm not entirely sure what went wrong in my case, but it ended up needing a new gear box. Luckily mine was done under warranty!

Hi M8

 

Is it an auto?

 

If it is mine started to sound like that. It whines a bit and then the drive disappears. It just revs n whines :(

 

It just so happens that Ive got an auto box up for grabs (if yours is an auto).

I got it to replace my broke autobox but then decided to go down the manual route.

thanks for the replay guys ,the z is an auto but is there any you can check if is the gear box or the torque converter?

before you rag the plums out of the box m8

try dropping the fluid AND cleaning the filter in the pan a blocked filter WILL make it wine like a banshee, worth a try for the same of a few quid of fluid

i've changed the oil about 3 months ago,is nice and clean now and at the right level

i've changed the oil about 3 months ago,is nice and clean now and at the right level

 

did you check the filter IN the pan m8?

no :smw:

did you check the filter IN the pan m8?

 

Checking the filter is still short term tho bud, if the filters blocked (with bits of gearbox) its more than likely that the box is still on its way out tho....its only a matter of time.

Checking the filter is still short term tho bud, if the filters blocked (with bits of gearbox) its more than likely that the box is still on its way out tho....its only a matter of time.

 

is it? 3 years ago i did mine and found dust and shite and did changes

and to date ive not had a skip from mine (ive since changed the fluid again)

IF it is bits of gearbox then different matter, but as i said for the sake of a change of fluid then worth a look, if my box ever did go i ceratinly wouldnt be putting ANY 2nd hand box in whether its was manual or auto

 

you read so much crap about how bad the box is, lets not forget most are up to 17 years old, how many clutches are replaced and how many times?

and how many different drivers a car may have, a lot think they can treat an auto box as if it will last forever, a good auto box WILL last the lifetime of a car if looked after, leave the fluid in for 14-15-16 years then you may as well pour water in it, would people leave the cam belt for that long or not change the oil or even the brake fluid

 

ive never get into the silly which is best auto or man' same as an engine really

you don't know how its been looked after/treated before you get it

as ive said before some of the cars on the forum have raced this been ragged here and there, yet become nuns cars when being sold :nelson:

i've no issues with that people will prefer to change their auto box, i remember chris greddy changing his auto box twice but 2nd hand, and again your taking on someone else's problems

 

lol none of the above helps cbr, but i would be looking at the cause before assuming the part is shite;)

here we go m8

i was right 3 years ago i had the same arguements lol

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=18675&highlight=dust

To be honest bud its difficult to diagnose a problem over the net :D

 

For my autobox the failure happened very quickly.

 

Regardless of what the problem is....I didnt want to be sitting on a dodgey box, my car was a sod to get picked up cos its so low.

 

Above all I want the car to be as good as can be, I dont want to be thinking, when Im on one of my longish trips...is today the day....bang :(

 

We all have a different view of our cars and different levels of expectation and trust in them. Some of us have trouble free motoring, other have hell on wheels :x: ........most of us are in the middle somewhere :confused:

 

I personally would check and clean/change the filter 1st as billy said....beyond that you have to decide for yourself what you want from the car and then decide what to do.

 

Marc

I hope its as simple as a filter clean for you bud.

I hope its as simple as a filter clean for you bud.

 

hopefully, but signs are not good, :( as i say when it happened to me my car was freshly imported with low mileage and i was VERY lucky, as Marc says THEN you have to decide what route you want to go and how much your going to spend and spend and send lol

Considering the performance of these cars, which ever way you go is cheap :D

 

just imagine what it would cost to buy a car with similar performance today and then fix a prob like a gearbox :x: