what would happen if...

[Jared91]

what would happen if you were driving along at 100kmph and statred to loose all of your transmition fluid, just managed to drive 2-3km home and turned the car off.
would that **** up anything in the car?

[TVR-190]

aslong as u werent stressing the transmission much it should be reasonably ok

[social]

Jared are you hinting that you were driving along at 100kmph and statred to loose all of your transmition fluid, just managed to drive 2-3km home and turned your car off?

Well as TVR-161 said, yea if it wasnt much strain / you werent flooring gears thrashing it out, you should be safe.

[Jared91]

okay well i went to the mechanics to get my car serviced and they said i needed a new radiator so i got one. when i was driving home the hose came undone and all of the transmitn fluid leaked. called them up sent a tow truck to get it. fixed it then sent it back to me
driving along and it revs too high. and shifts like i was reving it and droping the clutch 2nd to 3rd gear. now it wont change out of second gear i call them up and they want it back again.
i have not paid them any money as yet. if the transmiton is ****ed whos fault is it

[danja]

If they were the last ones to touch it, and then it broke right after, it'd be fair to say it's their fault

[Jared91]

If they were the last ones to touch it, and then it broke right after, it'd be fair to say it's their fault

thats what i hope

[delcowizzid]

did you only realise it had leaked when you got home or did you see it on the way home and kept driving anyway.

[Jared91]

did you only realise it had leaked when you got home or did you see it on the way home and kept driving anyway.

i didnt know what was going on when i was driving it. only when i got home and saw the trail of oil

[danja]

Even if you're not flogging it the gears are still turning, and there is friction and heat being generated. If there isn't enough oil to lubricate and dissipate the heat it will cause damage.

"You broke it, you bought it" would be the line I'd be going for in your situation.

[Calaber]

If they replaced the radiator, they had to disconnect the cooling lines. Failure to secure the lines properly when reinstalling the radiator makes it clearly their responsibility as they should have checked the pipes with the engine running whilst refilling the cooling system. If they are that slack, check to see if they bled the cooling system properly too.

Even if it's one of the flexible connections that has blown on you on the way home, they should have picked that up when doing the job and either replaced the hose or warned you it was needing replacement.

[commsirac]

okay well i went to the mechanics to get my car serviced and they said i needed a new radiator so i got one. when i was driving home the hose came undone and all of the transmitn fluid leaked. called them up sent a tow truck to get it. fixed it then sent it back to me
driving along and it revs too high. and shifts like i was reving it and droping the clutch 2nd to 3rd gear. now it wont change out of second gear i call them up and they want it back again.
i have not paid them any money as yet. if the transmiton is ****ed whos fault is it

It may be stuffed, maybe not.
They might not have put enough fluid back in, often refilling to the dispstick line isnt enough and there are still airgaps in there......been there, but even if putting more in there solves it there is still the concern about how much excessive damage/wear has been done to the trans in the meantime.
I had a similar incident years ago when the people putting the radiator in the car somehow bent the trans lines so that one of them rubbed against the bottom of the crankshaft pulley, eventually cutting through it. Moral of that story, dont let people in radiator repair shops touch your car.

[Jared91]

It may be stuffed, maybe not.
They might not have put enough fluid back in, often refilling to the dispstick line isnt enough and there are still airgaps in there......been there, but even if putting more in there solves it there is still the concern about how much excessive damage/wear has been done to the trans in the meantime.
I had a similar incident years ago when the people putting the radiator in the car somehow bent the trans lines so that one of them rubbed against the bottom of the crankshaft pulley, eventually cutting through it. Moral of that story, dont let people in radiator repair shops touch your car.

i had a look at the fluid and it was just over full.
im getting them to pay for a tow truck to fix it and hope for third time lucky

[cracker]

same thing happened to mine once, got a letter from the epa report of smoking car, trans fluid pissing all over the radiator i wasnt to know untill i got home and it started to slip, was fine after i toppped it up but think i was just lucky, its only done about 15 000 20 000km the box

[damsgirl]

yeh i reackon it would **** the tranny up...

[minux]

It will be stuffed, the second you start losing oil, the trans will fry. No point rebuilding, will be cheaper to buy new. Well for the company that failed to secure the lines correctly.

[Tsunamix]

They do have some duty of care to make it better.

I think the point you should be pushing is this - You no longer know what condition your gearbox is in. How can you trust it ? Have them get a professional report on it from a known gearbox specialist. Take the worry away. If the specialist says it's cooked - make em rebuild it totally.

[DannyboyDS]

well if you are quite dodgy you could call them tell them, then tell them its rooted and ask what they are going to do? if they will put a full reco on, go make sure it really is full rooted.

When the fluid level drops my understanding is that if the pickup is still pumping some fluid most components will be allright, but there are still quite a few components that really need not only the pressure, but the lubrication and I say this lightly but the cooling effect as well. thats just my understanding anyway.

[Jared91]

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[Jared91]

They just called, they said third and forth gear is gorn and the clutch plates are ****ed.
they said it is nothing to do with loosing all the transmiton fluid. ****ing wankers they said they are going to get a inderpendant assment on it. what do you guys think i should do about it i dont know what to do really

[Calaber]

They just called, they said third and forth gear is gorn and the clutch plates are ****ed.
they said it is nothing to do with loosing all the transmiton fluid. ****ing wankers they said they are going to get a inderpendant assment on it. what do you guys think i should do about it i dont know what to do really

Well, clutch plates in autos do wear out, that's for sure, but they wear out one hell of a lot quicker with no trans fluid! Your problem is going to be convincing anybody that the auto was in sound condition before they touched it. An independent assessment would only be valid if you had your own independent assessor there and the trans was stripped down in front of everybody. It would be very easy to tear it down and tell you what they wanted to if you were not represented at the time. And if they know that they were responsible, they will do anything to avoid compensation unless they are absolutely reputable.

[Jared91]

Well, clutch plates in autos do wear out, that's for sure, but they wear out one hell of a lot quicker with no trans fluid! Your problem is going to be convincing anybody that the auto was in sound condition before they touched it. An independent assessment would only be valid if you had your own independent assessor there and the trans was stripped down in front of everybody. It would be very easy to tear it down and tell you what they wanted to if you were not represented at the time. And if they know that they were responsible, they will do anything to avoid compensation unless they are absolutely reputable.

thats the thing they wont let me get my car back off them without paying the dollars i owe them. and i dont have enough in my account i think im going to be jipped. by their interpendant assment people. its probally one of the mechanics mates or something

[Calaber]

thats the thing they wont let me get my car back off them without paying the dollars i owe them. and i dont have enough in my account i think im going to be jipped. by their interpendant assment people. its probally one of the mechanics mates or something

Are you a member of a motoring organisation? If so, they will have a Legal Department to help you with this sort of problem. If not, you might need to seek legal advice, and of course, that could cost more than a new trans.

[Jared91]

Are you a member of a motoring organisation? If so, they will have a Legal Department to help you with this sort of problem. If not, you might need to seek legal advice, and of course, that could cost more than a new trans.

no im not a member of anything but this. i cant afford any legal stuff. this is a real head **** lets just hope the guy doing the assesment isnt as asshole