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Mar 14, 2004 | 11:57 PM

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transmission problems?

started having problems today on a long road trip... the car is a 99Z A4, mods are in sig..

i was cruising along today doing about 70. i pressed on the gas and the car revved up instead of accelerating. this happened again about every 5-10 minutes until i pulled off. i checked the tranny fluid and it was full. it only was bad when the car was warm/hot. i let it sit for about an hour and it didnt do it for another 40 miles or so. also in the past few weeks i've noticed that when i pushed the pedal a little the engine would rev up to about 3-400 rpm over what it eventually settled at. what could it be?

Mar 15, 2004 | 09:58 AM

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One of 2 things, either your torque converter is unlocking, or your 3-4 clutches are starting to go.

Mar 15, 2004 | 12:16 PM

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took it to the shop today, told me it was the clutch pack..

Mar 16, 2004 | 03:13 AM

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thats what I thought.good luck on the rebuild.

Mar 16, 2004 | 03:07 PM

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just out of curiousity (and so i might be able to prevent this from happening again) what could be the cause of a 3-4 clutch pack going out?

Mar 17, 2004 | 04:44 PM

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mechanic called GM.. GM tells him its probably the valve body..??
anyone else have a problem with their valve bodies going bad?
(looks like he wont be replacing the TC afterall)

Mar 17, 2004 | 05:35 PM

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nope valve body is good.just replaced 3-4clutch pack,billet servo and h/d band.das all.

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Mar 20, 2004 | 03:18 AM

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grrr... after its been at the shop all week, the valve body that was shipped to them to get put in today was broken when they took it out of the box!!! now i have to go back to school (wasted spring break and cancelled plans getting my car "fixed") and won't go back for a month!!

people suck!