and found this!?!?!
What if you dropped your trans pan....
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but really:
Metal shavings on magnets?
...but which tranny pan has such magnets? and 4 of them!?
[ May 20, 2004, 11:19 AM: Message edited by: 97tbird ]
but really:
Metal shavings on magnets?
...but which tranny pan has such magnets? and 4 of them!?
[ May 20, 2004, 11:19 AM: Message edited by: 97tbird ]
That might not be that abnormal for your tranny, and could be the reason there's four magnets there in the first place.
That looks bad
What model and year of car? Miles on tranny? First fluid and filter change? Any symptoms that made you decide to change the fluid? Did the fluid have "glitter" in it?
What model and year of car? Miles on tranny? First fluid and filter change? Any symptoms that made you decide to change the fluid? Did the fluid have "glitter" in it?
It's not my car. It's an Audi A8 I believe. Symptom was some sort of trouble light on the dash. Fixed by doing a change (trans is supposedly lifetime service)
Wow! I knew the magnets were in there, but that's a graphic picture of why.
We need a BITOG photo gallery for weird ones like that.
Looks like the trans couldn't handle all that A8 power.
Dave
We need a BITOG photo gallery for weird ones like that.
Looks like the trans couldn't handle all that A8 power.
Dave
OMIGAWD!
I would be very concerned about driving that car very far. The metal shavings are not from normal wear. Could be the clutch discs are completely worn out and creating shavings..... That one needs more than a fluid change.
I would be very concerned about driving that car very far. The metal shavings are not from normal wear. Could be the clutch discs are completely worn out and creating shavings..... That one needs more than a fluid change.
Are we sure they're shavings and not just particles that have built on each other due to the magnetism? I have never seen anything like that on any magnet, trans,engine or rear end.
It looks like particles on top of sludge.
Good think I got my dad's 1998 Ausi A6 transmission fluid changed. Fluid costs $12 per liter!!!!!! and it take about 7 liters!
There is no such thing as a lifetime tranny fluid, be it MBZ, BMW, Audi or whoever says so. Maybe lifetime of the transmission, but not the car.
Good think I got my dad's 1998 Ausi A6 transmission fluid changed. Fluid costs $12 per liter!!!!!! and it take about 7 liters!
There is no such thing as a lifetime tranny fluid, be it MBZ, BMW, Audi or whoever says so. Maybe lifetime of the transmission, but not the car.
yes i suppose it would.quote:
Originally posted by T-Keith:
Wouldn't all tranmsission fluid fit under that claim.
-T
I guess waht i want to stress is how BMW and Audi and the like say that the fluid never needs to be changed unless the transmission was replaced or the it was leaking. There's not even a dipstick to check the level.
I would not worry about it too much. About 50% of that probably happened the first 10,000 miles! THe rest is what 100,000 miles of accumulation? I would refill and continue to drive until the car gives some indication of transmission problems! Most European and Japanesse transmissions will give you some good warning before they go out. The shift quality usualy deteriates quickly before they go and they get really noisey!
I have never seen a transmission with 4 magnets in it before!! It looks like this type of accumulation was planed for with the so called "Life time Lube"!
I have never seen a transmission with 4 magnets in it before!! It looks like this type of accumulation was planed for with the so called "Life time Lube"!
On second thoughts, I think it is a fake. Someone sprinkled iron filings on the magnets.
Dave
Dave
Is that how you get back at someone you don't like? 1) Pour some iron filings down victim's transmission fill tube. 2) Make a comment to the victim about their transmission sounding real noisy. 3) Victim takes car to tranny shop. 4) They drop pan, gasp, and show it to the victim. 4) $2000 later, they have a new transmission.quote:
Originally posted by DavoNF:
On second thoughts, I think it is a fake. Someone sprinkled iron filings on the magnets.
Dave
I saw something very similar in one of those consumer ripoff segments on TV a few years ago, where people would come in for a checkup and they would take off the diff cover, chuck some iron filings and I think sand in there, mix it up and then show it to the victim (using a magnet for effect) saying they needed a new differential.
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