Howard
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- 2018 C63 Wagon / CLK430 / A150 / VW Pink Floyd Golf Cabriolet
Hi Gang,
As you all know, i have a 1991 230ce w124 auto....
Just got back from a week away on Lundy (www.lundyisland.co.uk) but i digress....
On the way back , down the very steep country lanes , wet and muddy too, i had a strange problem with the car ....
The only way i can describe what was happening , it was like having a manual car with a slipping clutch that was suddenly biting properly every now and then ..... the engine would rev freely , almost like there was very little load, like being in neutral but still providing 'some' drive .....
Then when it would decide to change up, it would do it with quite a large clunk from the rear .....
Once before it has done this, in Cornwall, same situation , steep roads, heavy rain....
Once we were out of the country lanes, it didn't do it again , and performed faultlessly for the remaining 200 miles home in the pouring rain, including some quite steep hills on the a303.. It's almost like when it's warm , it sorts itself out ....
Its only done it twice since i have had the car (3 years) , but its bloody nerve wracking when you are on single track muddy roads, and you are afraid of a breakdown. I have checked the ATF fluid thing ( the cap under the bonnet that sort of locks down ) and the fluid isn't brown or burnt so i presume the gearbox oil isn't slipping ...
Any ideas would be very much appreciated, should i worry ? It just makes me nervous about taking the car anywhere ....
Thanks all in advance ....
As you all know, i have a 1991 230ce w124 auto....
Just got back from a week away on Lundy (www.lundyisland.co.uk) but i digress....
On the way back , down the very steep country lanes , wet and muddy too, i had a strange problem with the car ....
The only way i can describe what was happening , it was like having a manual car with a slipping clutch that was suddenly biting properly every now and then ..... the engine would rev freely , almost like there was very little load, like being in neutral but still providing 'some' drive .....
Then when it would decide to change up, it would do it with quite a large clunk from the rear .....
Once before it has done this, in Cornwall, same situation , steep roads, heavy rain....
Once we were out of the country lanes, it didn't do it again , and performed faultlessly for the remaining 200 miles home in the pouring rain, including some quite steep hills on the a303.. It's almost like when it's warm , it sorts itself out ....
Its only done it twice since i have had the car (3 years) , but its bloody nerve wracking when you are on single track muddy roads, and you are afraid of a breakdown. I have checked the ATF fluid thing ( the cap under the bonnet that sort of locks down ) and the fluid isn't brown or burnt so i presume the gearbox oil isn't slipping ...
Any ideas would be very much appreciated, should i worry ? It just makes me nervous about taking the car anywhere ....
Thanks all in advance ....
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do I ? , or just any ATF i can get hold of ?
, but could it be that the control pressure cable, that goes from the linkage on the side of the throttle housing, might need a little adjustment? Or am I talking rubbish?
