Hi and Happy New Year all,
After some E30 advice/help for those that can offer...
- The 92 E30 is on the whole, running pretty smooth. Great drive, looks fantastic and will be even better once I find some BBS.
- A few months back, the automatic transmission went. A new one was needed and was installed via a garage I'm using in Al Quoz. They offer a good service, very transparent on pricing and are responsive
- The new transmission was functioning, although there was a clunk/jolt on the downshift (2 -> 1). It's not that bad and can live with it. The garage advised to keep driving and hopefully it will smoothen out.
- However, there seems to be a recurrent leak of ATF over the past few months. Nothing leaks when driving, but when parked up I notice a few splatters of ATF. It's still pretty red like steak juice so isn't completely burning. From the position of the leaks it feels as if it is around the sump although the bolt itself isn't leaking. I took it back to the garage when they recently fitted a new steering pump hose. They said it could just be a build up of old oil in the sump and that the ATF levels were not low...
SO...Is this ATF perhaps related to the switch of transmissions? The Bentley manual diagnoses the jolt as either Transmission cable, clutch, electrical fault...i.e. pretty vague!
Any recommendations on what to check to determine the cause?
THANKS IN ADVANCE :)
* Still after some BBS RS if anyone has a link
** Also keen for any garage recommendations that can repair the canvas roof
After some E30 advice/help for those that can offer...
- The 92 E30 is on the whole, running pretty smooth. Great drive, looks fantastic and will be even better once I find some BBS.
- A few months back, the automatic transmission went. A new one was needed and was installed via a garage I'm using in Al Quoz. They offer a good service, very transparent on pricing and are responsive
- The new transmission was functioning, although there was a clunk/jolt on the downshift (2 -> 1). It's not that bad and can live with it. The garage advised to keep driving and hopefully it will smoothen out.
- However, there seems to be a recurrent leak of ATF over the past few months. Nothing leaks when driving, but when parked up I notice a few splatters of ATF. It's still pretty red like steak juice so isn't completely burning. From the position of the leaks it feels as if it is around the sump although the bolt itself isn't leaking. I took it back to the garage when they recently fitted a new steering pump hose. They said it could just be a build up of old oil in the sump and that the ATF levels were not low...
SO...Is this ATF perhaps related to the switch of transmissions? The Bentley manual diagnoses the jolt as either Transmission cable, clutch, electrical fault...i.e. pretty vague!
Any recommendations on what to check to determine the cause?
THANKS IN ADVANCE :)
* Still after some BBS RS if anyone has a link
** Also keen for any garage recommendations that can repair the canvas roof
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