I had a bearing at the back of my tranny seize which apperantly caused the failure of torque converter seal, dealership says tranny will now be full of metal shavings and tranny must be replaced. does this sound right? after car lost power, only drove about another 45 seconds to get into parking lot. car will still move , would go 15-20 kms/h with rpms around 3500

 

how do you know it will do that?..... who tried it?

and if all you did was coast into a lot.... you could be ok(no shavings)..... but, lets see what other say

 

Your asking the wrong guy with this one...LOL. All i know about auto cars is that you dont have to push a clutch in Might want to change the thread to Auditech...HELP!! LOL

all i can say is take it to a capable tranny shop

 

this info was what the local VW dealership folks told me. I am unsure of their diagnosis skills though. I went to them twice in the previous week for a CEL and got different answers both times. First said I needed to replace cat, then said I needed to replace an electronic fan the supplies air into cat. First time I brought it in, I reported to them that car was hesitating a bit, could have been tranny slipping

 

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Take it to autozone and post the codes here. The dealer doesn't have a clue what they are talking about, is your car spilling tranny fluid all over the place? Cause thats what would happen if the torque converter seal was bad. I would say either your torque converter is toast or the clutch packs are worn out.

 

thanks auditech79, fluid was lost which is what I would imagine was the cause of the loss of power to the wheels. would you agree that if the bearing seal was toasted it would allow the tranny fluid pump to force the metal bits into the tranny?

 

Probably not. But if you drive it with no fluid in it.............then it really wouldn't matter, the tranny would be toast anyway.