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[rpont]

I did it to test the gear box - wondering if it needed new oil.

The 2.0 wouldn't go over 1800rpm, if other V6s are getting over 2000rpm that is fine

How does that test the gearbox? Does the oil get pumped into the torque converter?

There was a picture somewhere of a V6 engine from the back, on a pallet. I assumed that round thing on the back was the torque converter but I didn't see any oil pipes going into it so I assumed it had oil sealed into it for life.

[Paul M]

Yes that big thing is the evil that is the torque converter... don't get too close, it's to humans what kryptonite is to superman

No idea about the oil replacement, but I'd be surprised if it lasts a "lifetime" in there. It gets heated to buggery (that's where half your power goes), and effectively is constantly slipping except when locked out. In a viscous limited-slip diff you usually change the oil every 30-60k, and that only slips when one wheel is travelling faster than the other.

[TheBoy]

book of lies suggests autobox fluid change (which I believe shares oil with torque converter) at 100k on cars covering high annual mileage.

[Martin_1962]

It does use gearbox oil.

And they are pretty efficient

[rpont]

It does use gearbox oil.

How does it get the oil? I would have though that the oil pump would have to be before the torque converter, driven directly from the engine, otherwise how would the converter get it's oil in the first place. It could have some way of picking the oil up from the small sump I suppose but I thought the pump was after the converter and in the gearbox somewhere, simply because I couldn't see it in the picture of the rear of the engine.

I get really nosy when it come to how things actually work :-))

[Martin_1962]

I THINK the bottom of the TC is in oil, I hope someone more knoweagable can comment

[cipher]

That makes a lot of sense now.

Did this in my Mazda 626 a few years ago. It had a very poorly TC, and it would go to over 5K, stops when I could smell something rather nasty!

You know, the funny thing is the car seemed quicker after this tho.

Not recommending you try this. It stinks worse than clutch, and its thick smoke, it is very very nasty!

[Taxi_Driver]

That makes a lot of sense now.

Did this in my Mazda 626 a few years ago. It had a very poorly TC, and it would go to over 5K, stops when I could smell something rather nasty!

You know, the funny thing is the car seemed quicker after this tho.

Not recommending you try this. It stinks worse than clutch, and its thick smoke, it is very very nasty!

That'll be the torque converter catching fire  

[cipher]

Still drove for thousands of miles afterwards.

We treated that car so badly.

It was drove through a hedge, drove up and over kerbs, reversed into walls, overheated several times (needle past ond out of the red, not able to go any further off the scale) Driven with no water in the rad, No pressure cap, about 3 tonne of radweld (brought a new rad in the end) we used to have to belt the starter motor with a hammer as it was totally crackered. My kids threw up on it.

Really was a solid car, just too old, and too many problems, but then we only paid £120 for it.

Cracking for comfort tho, I would say on par, iof not better than the Omega!