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Omega General Help / Re: INCORRECT GEAR RATIO PROBLEMS HELP !!!
« on: 26 March 2010, 10:40:13 »
How many miles has the car done and has it ever towed?
Ignoring any codes your gearbox is displaying symptoms of worn clutch plates and the contaminated oil backs this up. Your symptoms appear mainly when coming out of a bend or accelerating,basically when under load.Again this points to worn clutch plates.Now of course this doesnt have to be the case but its more than likely.
Symptoms first appeared when driving the car home after purchase which again is not a good omen suggesting the car has been offloaded due to this problem.
Your quest is for an economical repair.
The fault code P0730 is also referred to as the gearbox death code due to investigations in most cases resulting in repair not viable due to cost.,worn clutch plates being one of them.
2 options. Firstly,the atf change as yours is certainly goosed but remember this is likely to be a symptom rather than the cause of the fault.You need to not just change but flush as much old oil out as possible and as the torque convertor retains a good deal of atf fluid when you drop the sumps,this means refilling and draining again at least once. I would say in your case twice and then fill again for the third time and then test the car.You need to see the fault gone at this stage not just improvement,just improvement would mean your still getting slip and gradually your going to `cook` the fluid again.If the fault goes completely,then brilliant news,don`t thrash it and it may stay happy for many more miles. So appx. 25 litres of atf fluid,new gaskets(rinse the filter)lots of mess,cursing at the number of bolts holding the sumps on and whatever £ you may be charged if your not doing it yourself.
Option 2,replacement gearbox(advertised on here between £80 -£150 recently) plus fitting, plus gaskets,filter,atf fluid,delivery of box or travelling to pick up or for fitting.
Actually there ought to be an option 3 which is cut your losses and put the car in the nearest auction(these are certainly buyer beware and you can almost expect to find an auto with a knackered gearbox)..
Good luck, you have a bit of hope with the atf change but i think your quest for an economical repair is gone if that option doesn`t work.
Any redress with the seller?
Ignoring any codes your gearbox is displaying symptoms of worn clutch plates and the contaminated oil backs this up. Your symptoms appear mainly when coming out of a bend or accelerating,basically when under load.Again this points to worn clutch plates.Now of course this doesnt have to be the case but its more than likely.
Symptoms first appeared when driving the car home after purchase which again is not a good omen suggesting the car has been offloaded due to this problem.
Your quest is for an economical repair.
The fault code P0730 is also referred to as the gearbox death code due to investigations in most cases resulting in repair not viable due to cost.,worn clutch plates being one of them.
2 options. Firstly,the atf change as yours is certainly goosed but remember this is likely to be a symptom rather than the cause of the fault.You need to not just change but flush as much old oil out as possible and as the torque convertor retains a good deal of atf fluid when you drop the sumps,this means refilling and draining again at least once. I would say in your case twice and then fill again for the third time and then test the car.You need to see the fault gone at this stage not just improvement,just improvement would mean your still getting slip and gradually your going to `cook` the fluid again.If the fault goes completely,then brilliant news,don`t thrash it and it may stay happy for many more miles. So appx. 25 litres of atf fluid,new gaskets(rinse the filter)lots of mess,cursing at the number of bolts holding the sumps on and whatever £ you may be charged if your not doing it yourself.
Option 2,replacement gearbox(advertised on here between £80 -£150 recently) plus fitting, plus gaskets,filter,atf fluid,delivery of box or travelling to pick up or for fitting.
Actually there ought to be an option 3 which is cut your losses and put the car in the nearest auction(these are certainly buyer beware and you can almost expect to find an auto with a knackered gearbox)..
Good luck, you have a bit of hope with the atf change but i think your quest for an economical repair is gone if that option doesn`t work.
Any redress with the seller?