EMERGENCY HELP!!! I think my torque converter blew up...

**raketeS4** · 08-10-2008 06:19 PM

I left early this morning for my cross country trip and 200 miles into it my car slammed from 5th gear into 4th and now it won't stay in 5th. I talked to someone that said it happened to his car and he said it was his torque converter. I need a new torque converter ASAP.

Who can help me out?

**AudiA4_20T** · 08-10-2008 06:22 PM

wow, what state r u in?

**raketeS4** · 08-10-2008 06:42 PM

South Carolina right now but leaving for Tallahassee in the morning...if you can help me out I'm willing to travel and pay for shipping.

**S4-ORCE** · 08-10-2008 06:52 PM

Do you have a VAG? Check codes in AT Trans module

**drkenan** · 08-10-2008 07:22 PM

Where are you in SC?

**raketeS4** · 08-10-2008 09:39 PM

i'm in dillon, sc right now but I'm planning on leaving early tomorrow for Tallahassee

Has anyone ever had a similar problem or know of someone who has?

**DefiantS4** · 08-10-2008 09:44 PM

Have you checked your trans fluid to see if it's topped off? Low fluid can make an automatic transmission do strange things.

**Reich** · 08-10-2008 10:10 PM

Did your tranny downshifted by it self ie. like ''bang''? Or did it downshifted b/c of too high rpm range vs mph ie; slip within t/c ?

**raketeS4** · 08-11-2008 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by Reich

Did your tranny downshifted by it self ie. like ''bang''? Or did it downshifted b/c of too high rpm range vs mph ie; slip within t/c ?

I was cruising at 65 or so and then BANG 4th gear...

**S4_NE** · 08-11-2008 08:47 AM

how many times did it do it? if you replace your TQ put in a moded one, I recoment
2bennett, mine is great hold stg 3 power no isses good luck

**stevea6/z28** · 08-11-2008 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by DefiantS4

Have you checked your trans fluid to see if it's topped off? Low fluid can make an automatic transmission do strange things.

cant check autos for low fluid no dip stick

**RedRocketS4** · 08-11-2008 10:01 AM

i just eplaced my TC and I have a core TC if you don't want to be out of a car while whoever you choose does a build/rebuild. PM me if you're interested.

**Reich** · 08-11-2008 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by raketeS4

I was cruising at 65 or so and then BANG 4th gear...

Yeah but what was your rpm's while you were in 5th before it downshifted by it self? IT's very important to know, b/c a friend of my which has a gray s4 tip had a failed t/c 4 months ago and it never downshifted like you state.

**Reich** · 08-11-2008 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by stevea6/z28

cant check autos for low fluid no dip stick

You can check them. You need your car on good jack stands or a lift. start your engine and let it idle. Remove the big 17mm halen in the big hole under your tranny oil pan ( don't worry it wont leak). Let it idle until tranny oil temp reach between 35-45c. It should began to leak from the hole within this temp. If not, you oil level is too low. Mine began too leak at 38c which is good. It could take long before temp rise. I took a friend that hold the brakes while pressing on gaz in 'D' which create heat in t/c and thereby raise oil temp.

**topquarkpc** · 08-09-2012 11:22 PM

bring it from the past post...

i recently replaced my radiator on my auto car and the radiator has the transmission fluid cooling function and there's lines going into / from the radiator to do just that. my concern is if there is any risk of driving the car as is for a day or two without topping off the auto trans fluid that was drained / leaked / not topped off after the radiator replacement... i have yet to drive the car in the excess of 40 mph and have yet (crossing my fingers) to encounter anything our of orinary from the transmission / TQ... i will have to drive it tomorrow & possibly over the weekend before i can fill / top off the transmission fluid by what was prescribed above...jack up the car at a level and warm up trans fluid until desired temp and monitor for leak or lack there of and refill as necessary...

any inputs are welcome & appreciated...TIA...!!!

**hodrosS42001** · 08-10-2012 03:38 AM

When a tip car experiences a change in elevation it will automatically drop a gear (hard) if you dont apply more load to maintain rpm. Is this possible??
Were you going up a hill, over a bridge any incline? This has happened to me a few times and it is quite scary. It doesnt have to be a steep incline either..

Also use the tip mode stay out of full auto. Tip increases pressure and will help with cleaner shifting.

**topquarkpc** · 08-10-2012 08:29 AM

i actually brought this post back to ask a related question...lol...
do you have any insights into my question above?
please advise...

**dannyn424** · 08-10-2012 09:39 AM

buy converter from 517 or scotty...... saw cheap modified one once on ebay... was it ace? not sure... on full 517 trans now..

**topquarkpc** · 08-10-2012 10:32 AM

ok...i give up...i'm going to litter the forum with a new thread to get some answers outta my question...
oh well...

**Scotty@Advanced** · 08-10-2012 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by topquarkpc

ok...i give up...i'm going to litter the forum with a new thread to get some answers outta my question...
oh well...

Your so needy. The answer you seek is 42

**soundpool** · 08-10-2012 02:13 PM

I think the problem is that you've never known what the question is.

**topquarkpc** · 08-10-2012 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by Scotty@Advanced

Your so needy. The answer you seek is 42

be nice Dr. DeWitt... i see what you're doing here...

still no idea what 42 means...

**Scotty@Advanced** · 08-10-2012 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by topquarkpc

be nice Dr. DeWitt... i see what you're doing here...

still no idea what 42 means...

42 is the answer to "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" As described in Douglas Adam's The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. However the original question was long forgotten. Hence soundpool's remark.

I was being nice..

I'm just commenting on your requirement to get instant gratification to your questions posted in others' unrelated threads. It's been less than 12 hours since you posted that question so why not give people time to read and respond and pick threads more relevant to what your trying to ask.

This is not the first time you've done it.

**topquarkpc** · 08-10-2012 02:54 PM

geees...settle down...

i do want to check out that movie tho...

12 hrs i thought was too long given that i don't want to ruin the car/tranny by driving the heck out of it without the tranny fluid topped up quite full...

**waldnerstev** · 08-10-2012 02:58 PM

i was experiencing a slipping T/C about 4 months ago. there was no BANG and down shift, IF your T/C did fail, then what you probably saw was your RPM's jump way up, and that's it, it wouldn't downshift with a bang, or nothing, it may go back to normal with some slipping, and start slipping more as you go uphill or accelerate. But a failing T/C will not keep it from going into 5th, unless its really screwed up or the computer put it into limp mode or something like that.
On a tip, one way to find out if your low on oil that results in your T/C slipping.. .Don't laugh at me too much, but how I found out, is doing a left turn around a round-a-bout, going as fast as i could around the circle without tipping/sliding side ways (+/- 28mph) and while going around the circle, hit your accelerator, if your low on fluid, your gonna see your RPM's go WAY up due to T/C slipping. What happens is G force kicks the oil to one side of the transmission. If your fluid isn't low then your car will accelerate like normal, as it does now after my problem has been resolved.