Technical Starting issue

[Ferniferous]

Yes, that would be good practice and would save paying twice to have the bumper removed if the other side were to fail later.

Good to know. Made sense to me but just thought I'd check.

 

[Ferniferous]

It would appear that the garage is proposing to replace one obviously faulty seal, top up the selespeed fluid and reset the fault codes. With luck, this might restore normal operation of the transmission for a short while; long enough for you to sell the car. It also suggests the garage does at least have some idea of what they're doing.

The collective experience of this forum is that this kind of repair won't give a long term fix; that would need a reconditioned actuator to be fitted, which would likely cost somewhere in the region of £1600-£2000.

Can i ask why replacing the seal isn't a permenant fix? Why is it a sign that the actuator is going to fail? I'm just trying to understand the situation as much as possible.

 

[jrkitching]

Can i ask why replacing the seal isn't a permenant fix? Why is it a sign that the actuator is going to fail? I'm just trying to understand the situation as much as possible.

There are many different seals in the actuator, and the failure of any one of them can stop the transmission working properly. By their very nature, these seals wear over time, and the material which seals are made from degrades with age. So if one seal has failed, the chances are that other seals may be close to failing.

The collective experience of others who have posted here is that once one seal has failed, only a complete overhaul of the actuator with the replacement of all the seals and any other worn parts will provide a lasting fix.

Read the linked thread for some real world stories from others who have experienced similar issues.

 

[Ferniferous]

There are many different seals in the actuator, and the failure of any one of them can stop the transmission working properly. By their very nature, these seals wear over time, and the material which seals are made from degrades with age. So if one seal has failed, the chances are that other seals may be close to failing.

The collective experience of others who have posted here is that once one seal has failed, only a complete overhaul of the actuator with the replacement of all the seals and any other worn parts will provide a lasting fix.

Read the linked thread for some real world stories from others who have experienced similar issues.

Cool, thanks for explaing. I'll take a look at the thread.

 

[koalar]

A small amount of weeping is acceptable and there are drain holes built into the system for any bypass oil to return back to the reservoir

If it excessive it can't cope and escapes out of the sensors, loosing oil and a problem with neutral sounds like this is the case

If this is the case there no simple fix,


Changing this

Doesn't stop the oil passing these

 

[Ferniferous]

I thought I'd get a quote elsewhere to get the bushes replaced, so i phoned Halfords out of curiosity even though everyone says they're not great and they wanted to charge £521!!

 

[koalar]

He said it would be about hour and a half labour plus £52 for OEM part plus vat £40p/h labour

Was quoted in 2018

Which I make at £112 for one side or £164 for both

Patern parts are £30 now to me, so less to the trade


Even a random online near me

 

[AnthonyH]

I thought I'd get a quote elsewhere to get the bushes replaced, so i phoned Halfords out of curiosity even though everyone says they're not great and they wanted to charge £521!!

You could buy all of the parts and equipment to fix this yourself for much less than that, and it'd be not so difficult. Although you'd struggle to fix the dualogic

 

[Ferniferous]

You could buy all of the parts and equipment to fix this yourself for much less than that, and it'd be not so difficult. Although you'd struggle to fix the dualogic

Yep, i reckon you're probably right

 

[AnthonyH]

Perhaps the guy in this video just pretended with the magic of the internet to fix this.

But in actuality he gave up and put the parts here instead lol

 

[Ferniferous]

It ended up having a split diaghram in some kind of ball in the gearbox as well, not sure what the part is called. It cost me £800 in the end, including the wishbones and it's still got some other little issues but at least it's starting well and i made some new motorbike riding buddies out of it, so not all bad.

 

[steveras57]

It ended up having a split diaghram in some kind of ball in the gearbox as well, not sure what the part is called. It cost me £800 in the end, including the wishbones and it's still got some other little issues but at least it's starting well and i made some new motorbike riding buddies out of it, so not all bad.

Cant have to many biking buddys!

 

[koalar]

It ended up having a split diaghram in some kind of ball in the gearbox as well, not sure what the part is called. It cost me £800 in the end, including the wishbones and it's still got some other little issues but at least it's starting well and i made some new motorbike riding buddies out of it, so not all bad.

Sounds like the Accumulator