Monkeyfeet Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 A friend's car, so I'm a bit short on details, sorry. It hums along in third, refuses to select fourth until warmed up. Not sure when it started to do this, but can get any other info required. It's been remapped if that makes any difference. I've no experience on autos so any helpful thoughts gratefully received, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 What colour is the fluid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabag Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Normal for D2 autos, it's part of the design to aid quicker warm up, the info may be in your owners handbook, if not in a Forum somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnarne Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) How long until it's warm enough ? My D2td5Auto are warm enough after approx 1.5-2 km abnd it locks in 4th when I do more than 83km/h on the speedo (86km/h GPS), running 245/75R16 tires. no big difference on the ouside temperature, I think it's the same from -5 - +20 degrees celsius. Edited December 9, 2016 by finnarne More info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeyfeet Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Thanks for the replies. It'll help warm it up I suppose, just seems to take longer than we think it should. I'll ask about the fluid colour. That's interesting, only 1-2km, I think his Disco takes much much longer, some 10 miles (16km's or so?). I'll ask about the fluid colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teabag Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 10 miles... then there's a problem. The thermostat is no fully closing, viscous coupling faulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnarne Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 The engine is not warm until we've driven 3-5 km, but the Gearbox is happy after 2 km and locks in at 86km/h if traficc will allow. New thermostat last year, and i've driven with an electrical fan since may. (no time to order a new one before leaving for Poland). The fan is manually controlled, using the fog light switch, so it's seldom used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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