A4 Lockup question?
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A4 Lockup question? What does this mean. I am new to the A4 world and am wondering what you all mean when you talk about the tranny being "locked-up". Someone please explain.
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People are referring to the convertor locking. From Howstuffworks.com:
"[....] some cars have a torque converter with a lockup clutch. When the two halves of the torque converter get up to speed, this clutch locks them together, eliminating the slippage and improving efficiency."
Full article on torque converters: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/torque-converter.htm The reference about lock-up is a couple of pages in...
"[....] some cars have a torque converter with a lockup clutch. When the two halves of the torque converter get up to speed, this clutch locks them together, eliminating the slippage and improving efficiency."
Full article on torque converters: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/torque-converter.htm The reference about lock-up is a couple of pages in...