sash
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Hi Guys,
Been chatting to a buddy with the above mentioned car and he has been having issues with the car, I did some research on the forum, spoke to his mechanic as well, but am looking for more of a consolidated feedback from the experts with experience.
Background: He hit a really bad bump, which we believe hit the bottom of the engine, the car made a funny noise(similar to belt squeal) upon take off, but seemed to drive ok. On the same drive he also hit a rock(how unlucky is that?) this went under the car, hitting things along the way. This time the car did not want to take off, revs go up car did not select any gear. After a few minutes it did select gear, but it would hunt for gears, change too early, or sometimes not even take off in first.
First problem, the car was driven in that state, probably about 50km.
Second problem, when a mechanic did look at it , he found oil in the radiator, the engine and gearbox mountings damaged, a leak on the power steering pipe(not sure whether it was related or not)
The mountings were replaced and pipe replaced. but doing a diagnostic still shows issues with gearbox and a suspected oil cooler/transmission cooler leak is causing the foam at the radiator cap.
The was driven from the mechanic with no issues at all and now got us thinking, if the gearbox was an issue would the problem disappear and reappear like it has? Would the leak on the transmission cooler not cause intermittent issues in the gearbox( water in the oil).
The mechanic recommended either recon the gearbox or replace whichever is cheaper and replace the cooler. Is it not an option to do the cooler, flush out the system as per nomal and see if there errors thereafter?
Been chatting to a buddy with the above mentioned car and he has been having issues with the car, I did some research on the forum, spoke to his mechanic as well, but am looking for more of a consolidated feedback from the experts with experience.
Background: He hit a really bad bump, which we believe hit the bottom of the engine, the car made a funny noise(similar to belt squeal) upon take off, but seemed to drive ok. On the same drive he also hit a rock(how unlucky is that?) this went under the car, hitting things along the way. This time the car did not want to take off, revs go up car did not select any gear. After a few minutes it did select gear, but it would hunt for gears, change too early, or sometimes not even take off in first.
First problem, the car was driven in that state, probably about 50km.
Second problem, when a mechanic did look at it , he found oil in the radiator, the engine and gearbox mountings damaged, a leak on the power steering pipe(not sure whether it was related or not)
The mountings were replaced and pipe replaced. but doing a diagnostic still shows issues with gearbox and a suspected oil cooler/transmission cooler leak is causing the foam at the radiator cap.
The was driven from the mechanic with no issues at all and now got us thinking, if the gearbox was an issue would the problem disappear and reappear like it has? Would the leak on the transmission cooler not cause intermittent issues in the gearbox( water in the oil).
The mechanic recommended either recon the gearbox or replace whichever is cheaper and replace the cooler. Is it not an option to do the cooler, flush out the system as per nomal and see if there errors thereafter?
