Mean Green Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 A friend has just bought a P38 and has developed a fairly major gearbox problem. The auto fluid is milky and has been drained and refilled several times but remain milky. In addition it loses all drive after only about 50 yards... it will go 50 yards forward, 50 yards back, 50 forward then screams like a banshee and has no drive. After about 10 mins the same process can start again. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Plan your journeys carefully.... Water has got into the gbox and buggered it...?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 ahh Dave "ashtrans" Ashcroft (of ashcroft transmissions) is the very helpful chappy you need to speak to. sounds like the box is buggered whichever way you look at it though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Sounds like water in the fluid - I know nowt about P38's but is the auto-box cooler built into the rad? Could be a leak in it... check for ATF in the coolant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 He's not the only one having fun with his P38a. Remember my mate Ben who bought that DSE recently? Got a text from him yesterday - the EAS has thrown a strop and dumped him on the bump stops. He's currently in the Alps, 900miles from home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Green Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 Where is the water likely to be coming from? I know in the RRC that it can be a leak from the Oil cooler, but what about the P38? It is a 4.6 HSE (BTW) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisha Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 the engine coolant, engine oil, autobox oil and air-con condenser are all seperate coolant units at the front of the engine. whatever way you look at it, something is seriously amiss though - talk to ashcrofts is the best suggestion. In terms of draining and refilling, it doesn't get all the fluid out by simply opening up the drain plug, there is still a ton of fluid in the torque converter thingie which doesn't drain out. So if you water was in there, then it would all mis again and mess up the new fluid. Geoff, it may be possible to get your pal back on the road if the springs and air lines are ok. You can manually run the compressor to fill the tank and manually switch the individual solenoids to fill up the springs. From there you can disconnect the EAS / disable it and carry on driving. But i suppose that depends on the fault in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 To change all the fluid in the box put one of the oil cooler pipes in an empty bucket and the other in a full bucket of ATF with engine running. Which pipe in which bucket you might have to find by trial and error, but at leaast you have a 50:50 chance of getting it right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Geoff, it may be possible to get your pal back on the road if the springs and air lines are ok. You can manually run the compressor to fill the tank and manually switch the individual solenoids to fill up the springs. From there you can disconnect the EAS / disable it and carry on driving. But i suppose that depends on the fault in the first place. I know - my classic has EAS, so I'm quite familiar with that operation I sent him instructions but it looks like his compressor may have packed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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