Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Search the maintenance guides for answers to 99.999% of Omega questions

Pages: [1] 2 3 4 5  All   Go Down

Author Topic: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels  (Read 8201 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16652
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« on: 15 June 2007, 22:30:00 »
I have a hunch my gearbox has died on the Elite >:(

I was driving on the M4 tonight. Giving it some welly, I kicked it down, it changed down, pulled, and all of a sudden the rev needle shot up to rev line, but no power was going to back wheels.

Then the gearbox dropped into limp mode, with Automatic gearbox on the MID.

I turned off and restarted the car on the hard shoulder... the box was not in limp mode. I put the car back into D, hit the gas, and it just revved (as if it was in neutral) and went nowhere. Once revved, it goes to limp mode. Doesn't work in any gear, inc reverse.

There were no nasty noises, no warning signs, no signs of ATF etc.

Gearbox? Torque Converter?

I did think Prop or Diff, but guess this is unlikely, as it holds the car when in Park.

Would really appreciate thoughts.

If I need to change the box, then I need to source and change it PRONTO.... (ideally tomorrow!!)


Logged

Andy B

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Online Online
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury Lancs
  • Posts: 39846
    • ML350 TDM SmartRoadster
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #1 on: 15 June 2007, 22:34:52 »
Quote
......
Would really appreciate thoughts.

....


I think I'd be looking for another gearbox :( It cost me the best part of a grand when I had next to no drive in my Senator.  :'(
Logged

VX1

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Reading, Berkshire
  • Posts: 2056
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #2 on: 15 June 2007, 22:36:11 »
It does sound like the gearbox :( You will need to find an autogearbox specailist near you to see if you can get one fitted tomorrow but very doubtful, I would imagine it would be done sometime next week if your lucky! :( Hope you get sorted soon.
Logged
Vx Trade club card holder
Halfords trade card holder

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16652
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #3 on: 15 June 2007, 22:36:44 »
Quote
Quote
......
Would really appreciate thoughts.

....


I think I'd be looking for another gearbox :( It cost me the best part of a grand when I had next to no drive in my Senator.  :'(

I have NO Drive.

And all it will cost me is the Box... I can change it myself...
Logged

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16652
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #4 on: 15 June 2007, 22:38:05 »
Quote
It does sound like the gearbox :( You will need to find an autogearbox specailist near you to see if you can get one fitted tomorrow but very doubtful, I would imagine it would be done sometime next week if your lucky! :( Hope you get sorted soon.

Get it fitted??  Let some Monkey work on my car? >:(

I think not... I will be putting on some rubber gloves and getting out the Axle stands....

I just need a box!

Wonder how many more boxes I'll be changing ...  ::)
Logged

Admin

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • 0
  • Posts: 2595
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #5 on: 15 June 2007, 22:42:23 »
Well I'm delivering one to Jaime on Sunday morning..... ;D

Just a thought though. Just because the car holds in park does not rule out the torque convertor or the diff (although if diff went wheels could lock).

The park mechanism is more mechanical and has no bearing on the diff or tc.
Logged
The Administrator.

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107300
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #6 on: 15 June 2007, 22:42:36 »
I really hate to say I told you so, but you was warned that an AR25 would be ripped to shreds by 3.0l engine.  Serves you bloody well right ;D
Logged
Grumpy old man

Kevin Wood

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Alton, Hampshire
  • Posts: 36450
    • Jaguar XE 25t, Westfield
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #7 on: 15 June 2007, 22:43:19 »
Really sorry to hear this. What a git!

I think if it was a diff you'd have heard a lot of protesting before it let go, and you wouldn't have braking in park as you point out.

It can only be something internal to the gearbox.   :'(

Time to find an AR35 I guess.

Kevin
Logged
Tech2 services currently available. See TheBoy's price list: http://theboy.omegaowners.com/

Andy B

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Online Online
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury Lancs
  • Posts: 39846
    • ML350 TDM SmartRoadster
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #8 on: 15 June 2007, 22:43:54 »
Quote
......
I have NO Drive.

And all it will cost me is the Box... I can change it myself...

I thought that's what you'd be doing ... a 'new-to-you' gearbox to be fitted.
Logged

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16652
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #9 on: 15 June 2007, 22:44:55 »
Quote
I really hate to say I told you so, but you was warned that an AR25 would be ripped to shreds by 3.0l engine.  Serves you bloody well right ;D

 :'(

To be honest, I am not at all upset. Reason being, I never expected, or really wanted, the AR25 to last.

Reason for fitting the AR25, was to determine whether the gearbox was the problem causing the limp mode to keep occuring.

So - I see it that I've done what I wanted to achieve there.

Plus, I've now got the experience I need to change it without worrying.

Just need to determine for sure this is G/B...
Logged

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107300
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #10 on: 15 June 2007, 22:46:30 »
Quote
I really hate to say I told you so, but you was warned that an AR25 would be ripped to shreds by 3.0l engine.
Specifically, here http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1178968898/#8
Logged
Grumpy old man

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16652
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #11 on: 15 June 2007, 22:48:31 »
Quote
Quote
I really hate to say I told you so, but you was warned that an AR25 would be ripped to shreds by 3.0l engine.
Specifically, here http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1178968898/#8

Yes yes yes... not denying that. But I still maintain we were right, to fit the FREE AR25.

It proved there were no electrical problems, so now I'm happy to source an AR35!!

Logged

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107300
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #12 on: 15 June 2007, 22:49:28 »
Quote
Quote
Quote
I really hate to say I told you so, but you was warned that an AR25 would be ripped to shreds by 3.0l engine.
Specifically, here http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1178968898/#8

Yes yes yes... not denying that. But I still maintain we were right, to fit the FREE AR25.

It proved there were no electrical problems, so now I'm happy to source an AR35!!

Yes, but you should have been looking for one. Now your main transport has let you down.
Logged
Grumpy old man

VX1

  • Omega Baron
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Reading, Berkshire
  • Posts: 2056
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #13 on: 15 June 2007, 22:49:52 »
Logged
Vx Trade club card holder
Halfords trade card holder

Admin

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • 0
  • Posts: 2595
    • View Profile
Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #14 on: 15 June 2007, 22:53:29 »
Now if anyone else was acting quite as smug as Jaime is right now, they would be in serious danger of the post count diminshing rather rapidly for being a smart a*se! ;D

Oh yes, James was right to try the AR25 at the time. It was the most cost effectiive means of problem solving at the time.

I am suprised it died quite so quickly though.... James, you been doing F1 launches from the traffic lights again??  ;)
Logged
The Administrator.
Pages: [1] 2 3 4 5  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.013 seconds with 17 queries.