plank22 Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Go the auto in my hybrid and all running after the recent oil pump breakage, so yeterday i was most pleased when a little test drive worked sweet with all the gears and kickdown working fine. untill i acctually wanted to used if today and i got to the end of the road and lost all drive. the only symptom i can give is that if you switch off for 5-10mins then you will get drive in all gears ok but can only drive for about 100m then all the drive has gone again. any ideas? whats the symptons of a broken torque converter? thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 What is it like in reverse ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plank22 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 What is it like in reverse ? same as the others works fine then dead after a minute of running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 When you checked the oil level did you check it with the engine ticking over, in neutral, after cycling it through all the gears ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plank22 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 When you checked the oil level did you check it with the engine ticking over, in neutral, after cycling it through all the gears ? yep ran it up to temp flicked trough all the gears pausing at each one then checkin the level in neutral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveRK Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 I would not expect this to be a torque converter problem - they don't have any moving parts as such and tend to either work (create drive) or not. It might be a blocked filter causing the pump to run dry resulting in lack of drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plank22 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 I would not expect this to be a torque converter problem - they don't have any moving parts as such and tend to either work (create drive) or not.It might be a blocked filter causing the pump to run dry resulting in lack of drive humm that was my first port of call and upon lookin the filter had lots of small bits in it but not what i would call "blocked" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintman Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Suggest you change the filter. Looking in the LR manual many loss of drive issues are listed as low fluid level (which you've ruled out) or blocked/partially blocked filter. Just wonder if the 'lots of small bits' points to problems in the box. If you look on Ashcrofts site in the FAQ it does talk about problems caused by internal debris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plank22 Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Suggest you change the filter.Looking in the LR manual many loss of drive issues are listed as low fluid level (which you've ruled out) or blocked/partially blocked filter. Just wonder if the 'lots of small bits' points to problems in the box. If you look on Ashcrofts site in the FAQ it does talk about problems caused by internal debris. ok will order up a filter tomorrow and let you know what happens. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Gearbox oil level should be checked cold. Well that is what I have always done abd been led to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plank22 Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 Gearbox oil level should be checked cold. Well that is what I have always done abdbeen led to believe. going by the manual it says to get it up to running temp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew N Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I would not expect this to be a torque converter problem - they don't have any moving parts as such I don't get that. There are only three components in a torque converter, if you ignore the fluid, and (most of the time) two of them are moving relative to the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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