spadgr
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Gidday,
Back again with more P38 problems.
I have had an ongoing problem with my automatic trans over the past few years (ever since i owned the beast), but it has been intermittent and not too much of a hassle. Over the last few weeks, the problem has become more apparent and i want it fixed.
When driving along, either under throttle, or cruise control, the trans will chop down a gear and then back up when ever it feels like it. sometimes it may chop up and down frequently, say 10-15 times in a minute. Other times it may chop down and stay in a lower gear (4th gear no lock up i guess) for as long as 5-10 minutes before it changes back up.
At the weekend i took off on a 1000Km round trip (brave under the circumstances) armed with my fault mate msv. The auto played up almost non-stop on the first leg of the trip, so i scanned in stand alone mode and got a fault code for the auto. The fault code was along the lines of " solenoid no power". Being the numpty that i am, i erased the fault, in the hope that the symptom would lessen on the way home.
The return trip was not much better and the auto played up for the best part of the trip. When i did a rescan at home through the laptop i got no fault codes present.
When i have scanned in the past i have not pulled any fault codes, so the fault i did mange to extract may or may not be relevant to the symptom but that is what i am hoping some one can tell me.
I think the fault is electrical as it has been going on for the last 50K and perhaps even longer and i think if it was a mechanical or wear issue then i think it would have failed sooner.
Well here's hoping somebody has had the same or a similar problem and can throw some light on the issue.
Are there any other tests i am able to carry out with the faultmate that may help diagnose the fault?
All ideas greatly appreciated.
Cheers Spadgr
Back again with more P38 problems.
I have had an ongoing problem with my automatic trans over the past few years (ever since i owned the beast), but it has been intermittent and not too much of a hassle. Over the last few weeks, the problem has become more apparent and i want it fixed.
When driving along, either under throttle, or cruise control, the trans will chop down a gear and then back up when ever it feels like it. sometimes it may chop up and down frequently, say 10-15 times in a minute. Other times it may chop down and stay in a lower gear (4th gear no lock up i guess) for as long as 5-10 minutes before it changes back up.
At the weekend i took off on a 1000Km round trip (brave under the circumstances) armed with my fault mate msv. The auto played up almost non-stop on the first leg of the trip, so i scanned in stand alone mode and got a fault code for the auto. The fault code was along the lines of " solenoid no power". Being the numpty that i am, i erased the fault, in the hope that the symptom would lessen on the way home.
The return trip was not much better and the auto played up for the best part of the trip. When i did a rescan at home through the laptop i got no fault codes present.
When i have scanned in the past i have not pulled any fault codes, so the fault i did mange to extract may or may not be relevant to the symptom but that is what i am hoping some one can tell me.
I think the fault is electrical as it has been going on for the last 50K and perhaps even longer and i think if it was a mechanical or wear issue then i think it would have failed sooner.
Well here's hoping somebody has had the same or a similar problem and can throw some light on the issue.
Are there any other tests i am able to carry out with the faultmate that may help diagnose the fault?
All ideas greatly appreciated.
Cheers Spadgr
