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(Message started by: mazzy_j on Mar 4^th, 2007, 5:25pm)

Title: My Cossie went up in smoke
Post by mazzy_j on Mar 4^th, 2007, 5:25pm

Having hopefully sorted my PAS i now seem to have a much bigger problem. I'd just got back from a 10 mile drive from my parents, pulled into my road went to accelerate, revs go up but i stay at constant speed ???

Pulled into my flat carpark, gave it some throttle same thing happened, revs go up but no change in speed (about 10mph). I parked up and just as i did plumes of slighlty acid smelling oily smoke started coming through the air vents. switched off quickly and opened the bonnet to find smoke pouring from out the back of the engine, down from near the gearbox somewhere.

it smelt like burning auto fluid, but on checking the level its ok, same colour and smell as 200 miles ago when last checked :-/ as is the engine oil. It goes into gear smoothly as usual and will move back and forward ok, i just dont want to go out on the road incase i end up stranded or the box spills its insides everywhere.

There also seems to be an ascociated oil leak somewhere (maybe dripping on the exhaust?) but its chucking it down it doesnt seem to be doing it whilst staionary.

Looks like i now have my excuse to fit the manual box earlier than planned ;) ;D unless it could be something simple thats detached itself possibly causing the problem?? Wont be able to crawl underneith it til tuesday at the earliest to have a proper look.

Matt

Title: Re: My Cossie went up in smoke
Post by the_boogeyman on Mar 4^th, 2007, 7:18pm

you have a seal going to the torque converter it sounds like this has gone, not very expensive to fix but expensive to get the box out and in again, i'd say about two to three hundred