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9th September 2009, 06:54 AM
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heh, even in limp mode it drove better than the neon
 strange thing is I thought limp mode was 3rd gear.... whilst trundling up teh motorway at a steady 2Krpm I was doing 65 mph which IIRC is more akin to 4th or 5th? I also noticed that if I flicked it into TIP the light flicked back and forward between 3rd and 5th? I'm wondering if a solenoid is stuck and its stuck in 5th gear??????????? If this is teh case, then technically we have a car capable of 0-155 in ONE GEAR!!!!! now what car was it that Clarkson made a point of it doing IIRC 0-140 in one gear?
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#12
16th September 2009, 07:08 PM
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UPDATE!
call from teh garage tonight, apparantly its blown the "Front Drum" inside teh box, anyway they have repaired it and were refitting the box tonight/tomorrow so hopefully should have her back tomorrow..... Now, whats this actually mean? could it just be one of those things? could there be some underlying issue that is a ticking timebomb?
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#14
17th September 2009, 05:18 AM
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no apparantly the drums sort of hold the plutch packs etc together, he is going to show me when I pick it up so I'll get photos etc
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#15
17th September 2009, 07:47 PM
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well, here is the damage,
Apparantly the first drum is known as a weak spot such that the supplier won't even guarantee them to the garage, he has had to cover the whole job and his view is that they can and do go regularly on this model of box as it is the main thing he see's A8s in for The drum actually splits and then the clutch plates come loose. this allows the piston to move and the seal then breaks. Pictures
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20th September 2009, 07:18 PM
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 Went to Blackpool to the caravan for the weekend, came back, got out at the supermarket on teh way home, Wife says " Theres smoke coming from under the car" a quick bend down and look under and fluid is dripping on the exhaust, far too far back for engine fluids and a quick check when it was cold suggests a "red" liqued so looks like the tranny fluid is leaking so Monday morning is going to be another interesting phone call......... I am really fed up now.........
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#17
20th September 2009, 07:50 PM
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That could be the output flange seal. It's about £40 in parts and 2 hours labour. There is a guide on Audipages to change it.
Hope that's all it is. Good luck
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#18
20th September 2009, 09:01 PM
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box was completely rebuilt so its a warranty claim mate, thanks for the info though
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#19
20th September 2009, 09:32 PM
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If the box was completely rebuilt they may not have done the central diff (quattro). They may just have done the ZF bit in the middle!
If that's the case then the disconnecting and reconnecting of the propshaft may have finished the seal off. 
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#20
23rd September 2009, 11:59 AM
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apparantly its leaking from where it goes into the transfer box so sounds like you were right. Over 100 miles it had appanatly emptied all but 2 pints of fluid out. TBH I'm surprised it still drove that low.
Problem is he's on hols now for a week and a bit so I'm slumming it in the Chrysler for another fortnight!!!! ARRGGGHHHH!!!!!!
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