morphix
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- 2004 VZ SV6 5-Speed Auto
Hi guys,
As some may or may not be aware, around 2 months ago, my cars 5-speed automatic transmission played up.
It started out as the transmission slipping, more so when taking off.
Then it got worse where a horrible grinding noise was coming from the transmission and the car was slipping more and more.
It then progressed further to the point where when it would drive, it would be revving so high just to get a slow speed and one day i stopped dead in the middle of an intersection trying to move the car, it eventually moved and i managed to limp home.
The day after this however, i parked at work, i could not reverse the car at all, it would just rev out and neutral and park acted as if it was drive.
Ultratune mechanic at Argenton determined the transmission needed replacing as it would cost too much to fix.
Unfortunately i did not have the funds available for this, so its been sitting in the driveway for 2 months.
Trying to keep the engine ok and such i would start the car and it would have a grinding wind come from the transmission but the car would atleast drive up the street (500m) and back before it would slip and not go back into any gear.
I've finally obtained the money, but now contacted another mechanic for a second opinion in case it was something less major.
He stated that there were no shards or otherwise in the transmission, and that a simple service on the transmission would fix it, as the fluid was black.
He charged me roughly $1600 for a transmission and engine service (180,000km service).
The same night after it was fixed, i was driving back home and was going up a hill, i noticed the transmission was slow going into gear and then made the slight grind noise it previously made.
That noise went away and the car from then drove what appeared to be.. sluggish.
I contacted the mechanic to let him know and he said he would come out the next morning.
When i got home, i had dinner did a few things then had to go to the shops, and this time when i got back into the car, i was getting a Check Powertrain light and the car seemed to be worse.
The mechanic came out the next morning, checked it over and said its all ok.
My girlfriend used my car to go to a doctors appointment over at Warners Bay and called me up during the day saying the now won't go into reverse and throwing the check powertrain light again.
I again, called the mechanic and got the car over to his workshop to investigate at around 6PM.
He said he would look at it and then contact me tomorrow.
I called him today, he now advises that when he has dropped the pan, the previous black fluid has returned, he then stated they will give it a full flush which was not done before and see if this fixes it.
He then advised if its something else, he will have to charge me more.
I stated to him, that i originally budgeted on the initial diagnoses that it was stuffed and getting it replaced, but due to his advising of it being fine and he could fix it, went down his path.
I am not sure if i should try and continue with him, or what i should do, i just dont want to fork out more money if i could have paid the intial amount given by ultratune and got a reconditioned transmission from Holden.
Any suggestions guys?
As some may or may not be aware, around 2 months ago, my cars 5-speed automatic transmission played up.
It started out as the transmission slipping, more so when taking off.
Then it got worse where a horrible grinding noise was coming from the transmission and the car was slipping more and more.
It then progressed further to the point where when it would drive, it would be revving so high just to get a slow speed and one day i stopped dead in the middle of an intersection trying to move the car, it eventually moved and i managed to limp home.
The day after this however, i parked at work, i could not reverse the car at all, it would just rev out and neutral and park acted as if it was drive.
Ultratune mechanic at Argenton determined the transmission needed replacing as it would cost too much to fix.
Unfortunately i did not have the funds available for this, so its been sitting in the driveway for 2 months.
Trying to keep the engine ok and such i would start the car and it would have a grinding wind come from the transmission but the car would atleast drive up the street (500m) and back before it would slip and not go back into any gear.
I've finally obtained the money, but now contacted another mechanic for a second opinion in case it was something less major.
He stated that there were no shards or otherwise in the transmission, and that a simple service on the transmission would fix it, as the fluid was black.
He charged me roughly $1600 for a transmission and engine service (180,000km service).
The same night after it was fixed, i was driving back home and was going up a hill, i noticed the transmission was slow going into gear and then made the slight grind noise it previously made.
That noise went away and the car from then drove what appeared to be.. sluggish.
I contacted the mechanic to let him know and he said he would come out the next morning.
When i got home, i had dinner did a few things then had to go to the shops, and this time when i got back into the car, i was getting a Check Powertrain light and the car seemed to be worse.
The mechanic came out the next morning, checked it over and said its all ok.
My girlfriend used my car to go to a doctors appointment over at Warners Bay and called me up during the day saying the now won't go into reverse and throwing the check powertrain light again.
I again, called the mechanic and got the car over to his workshop to investigate at around 6PM.
He said he would look at it and then contact me tomorrow.
I called him today, he now advises that when he has dropped the pan, the previous black fluid has returned, he then stated they will give it a full flush which was not done before and see if this fixes it.
He then advised if its something else, he will have to charge me more.
I stated to him, that i originally budgeted on the initial diagnoses that it was stuffed and getting it replaced, but due to his advising of it being fine and he could fix it, went down his path.
I am not sure if i should try and continue with him, or what i should do, i just dont want to fork out more money if i could have paid the intial amount given by ultratune and got a reconditioned transmission from Holden.
Any suggestions guys?