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1997 1.4 auto will not pull away

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 4:09 pm
by marjie
Hi all...

I was changing a radiator fan switch so disconnected a few hoses from the radiator. Turns out one was gearbox oil so when I drove it 50 metres to a garage it emptied all the oil lol.

So I reconnected hose, topped up oil and managed to it to home slowly. Now it does not want to move at all.

The engine turns over and the engine changed note when gear selected but just no going anywhere.

Please help!!!!!

Re: 1997 1.4 auto will not pull away

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 6:25 pm
by johnny
Was there any clunks or grinding during the drive back, I'd hazard a guess at a fried bearing or something, but I've never worked or looked into how automatic gearboxs work so not 100% but I am sure that running a dry gearbox can only lead to very bad things