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Originally Posted by Singh
Hi Oli, I got the car around this time last year with 123k and it just turned 138k IIRC as the box went on it. The bloke I brought it off did say the guy who had it before him had the gearbox oil changed, but I didn't get a warm fuzzy feeling and decided not to do it myself after JMWs packed up soon after getting his fluid done, then again, I don't think he used Audi fluid and PaulW from Audipages stresses the importance of this.
The money is mailnly in the labour and not the parts so if the box comes out I will most probably have a full rebuild. Audi don't supply brand new gearboxes either, they are reconditioned too.  |
Amar,
I made sure Chester Autos used the correct Audi oil (gave them the part number). They mentioned that Dextron 6 had better performance characteristics, but I wanted to remove any risk: so they ordered the Audi oil (it was the bulk of the service cost).
I am now a firm believer in leaving the 'box alone and acepting that they will fail after 100K at some point. Most places can't even service them properly (many Audi dealers have proved clueless about the 'box).
Mine was rebuilt and appears to be absolutely fine and much smoother than before the rebuild too).
Gutted to hear your news, but it seems that the 'box is the Achilles' heel of many Audis (heard horror stories of 24K mile failures of their CVT box in A4s
).
When I was considering buying mine, I looked at the BMW 5 Series too - seemed they have similar issues with high mileage boxes and they're made by ZF too!
Best of luck with this mate: been there and now how much it hurts!
I agree with the new 'box theory too - spend a bit extra and get one.
Good luck
Jim