Cant believe it, autobox had it me thinks, driving on the A3 this morning, going along 75-80 box kicks down to lower gear and wouldnt return to final gear, was getting like a sort on grinding squeeking sound about 2 mins previously to this, so pulls over, get aload of smoke out the back when i stop, which has never happened before. Anyway went through the gears, no hope for reverse, as soon as you select it, it sounds as if something is rubbing, drive will select, but as soom as you move of you get the same grinding/rubbing sound. It does sound as if it is coming from the left hand side of the engine bay but never can really tell. Anyway just abit of advice on boxes, what sort of job is it to change the box on these, can it be done ith the engine in??? Also how much will i look to pay for a reconbox??? Or do you think it might be better to bight the bullet and have hte manual conversion done. Oh how uch does it usually cost to have the conversion i.e. for all the bits i need and the labour, will it be cheaper to aquire the parts myself and then get someone to put it in, Any help on this will be most helpful.

 

 

Cheers

 

Dutchy

Cant believe it, autobox had it me thinks, driving on the A3 this morning, going along 75-80 box kicks down to lower gear and wouldnt return to final gear, was getting like a sort on grinding squeeking sound about 2 mins previously to this, so pulls over, get aload of smoke out the back when i stop, which has never happened before. Anyway went through the gears, no hope for reverse, as soon as you select it, it sounds as if something is rubbing, drive will select, but as soom as you move of you get the same grinding/rubbing sound. It does sound as if it is coming from the left hand side of the engine bay but never can really tell. Anyway just abit of advice on boxes, what sort of job is it to change the box on these, can it be done ith the engine in??? Also how much will i look to pay for a reconbox??? Or do you think it might be better to bight the bullet and have hte manual conversion done. Oh how uch does it usually cost to have the conversion i.e. for all the bits i need and the labour, will it be cheaper to aquire the parts myself and then get someone to put it in, Any help on this will be most helpful.

 

 

Cheers

 

Dutchy

 

 

If the box has gone & its sounds like it has, yes deffo bite the bullet & put a manual box in, i would suggest a specialist garage to supply & fit, imho :)

just another thing whilst i am at it, the car now smokes like fook, would or could this be related to the box going???? It never used to do it this bad only abit of smoke on for the first 5-10 mins when cold, now this has happened its really quite bad.

just another thing whilst i am at it, the car now smokes like fook, would or could this be related to the box going???? It never used to do it this bad only abit of smoke on for the first 5-10 mins when cold, now this has happened its really quite bad.

 

 

dont think the box should make a difference, what colour is the smoke ?

oh no not the blue smoke white smoke thing again, hard to say to be honest, but theres quite alot of it

oh no not the blue smoke white smoke thing again, hard to say to be honest, but theres quite alot of it

 

 

lol :) sounds like turbo related, seals etc, could be piston rings, quite difficult to say. But im sure someone will shed some light. & good luck :)

when my autobox went it smoked loads too. i dont know why coz i never did b4? not fitted a new autobox in yet so dont know if this will cure it

when the box gets to hot the oil burns which causes the smell, and causes failure to the internals normally the bands.

when the box gets to hot the oil burns which causes the smell, and causes failure to the internals normally the bands.

 

 

uh hummm aren't you meant to be somewhere !

uh hummm aren't you meant to be somewhere !

oh **** :wack:

 

il bell you :p

oh **** :wack:

 

il bell you :p

:shock: :wack: Lol

:shock: :wack: Lol

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ok chaps, box is defo fooked, suppose it was justa matter of time. Anyway dont really wanna put another bloody auto box in, and i dont really want to send the car tot the scrap yard, so that just leaves the converion then. How much am i looking at to get it done???