"Dave Plowman (News)" > wrote in message
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> In article > ,
> Jules > wrote:
> > Anyway seen a auto 525 diesel. it says the gearbox is fine but with
> > 'The automatic gearbox sometimes does not accelerate from
> > rest/standstill if the transmission gets very hot.' He then says '
>
> > Q: is the auto box knackered??? 11-Aug-06 A: No not at all. It
> > accelerates and changes up and down plus kickdown etc fine. As I've
> > stated, sometimes when things get very hot, it doesn't accelerate from
> > rest in drive (when this happens, can creep along and build up speed,
> > then it works fine again and will change and accelerate normally at
> > speed etc).
>
> That sounds like a clutch isn't disengaging fully and it is trying to be
> in two gears at once, as it were.
>
> The cost of fixing most auto faults is in the labour of removing and
> stripping, so it's usual to just fit a fully re-conditioned box. Which
> will be something like 1500 gbp for that car.
>
> --
> *Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot.
>
> Dave Plowman London SW
> To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Thanks, will avoid it..