ok, i recently bought an audi a6 2000 i bought the car with the check engine light, i fell in love with the car, the owner said the torque converter clutch was going bad, and that i had to replace it.... but many people have told me that is not the clutch conveter bcuz my audi is triptronic it might be the speeed sensor (these ppl dont own an audi so i dont know if they even know what they are talkn bout) im young im bearly 17 i saved up monei tobuy this car and i spend all mi monei on this car already thre for i cant spend that much money, is atleast $2000to replace the torque conveter clutch... what should i do? if anibodi had this problem and you know what your talkn about plz help me....

well if you can find a torque converter from another a6 around the same year you can swap them. it'll save you some money versus buying a new one. the labor will get you though, i'd say 1000 or so for labor depending on where you live

Listen, I respect when young people get a car that they really want with their own money and run into a problem that they cannot afford to fix when something unexpected pops up. This isnt the case here though. Why would you sink all of your money into buying a car knowing that it had a $2000 problem you could not afford to fix? I don't want to sound harsh but sell the car, the bills are not going to stop.

^ ^ ^ What he said!

I cringed when you started to talk about how you had no "monei" to fix a problem that you knew existed when you bought the car. Bad decision to buy the car, dude!

Learn grammar and spelling, get a job, and fix the thing and sell it. You can't afford a 2.7T. If you fix the trans, the engine will get you next.

The money relly doesnt matter to me i do have a job, thank god, and as soon as i get back on my feet ill be able to fix my car with no problem.... i own an audi s4 2001 too which i havent had no problems with...and was my first audi, this a6 is my new project, thats the reason i bought it, i came to this forum for advise not to learn how to spell or none of that ,so if you mind how i spell simply dont reply since u dont have too... this is an audi forum not school.... bck to the topic, the car has the engine light on, tha car runs great if it wasnt for the engine light that is on you wouldnt even notice theres somthing wrong with the car.

Listen, If you don't take the simple steps an adult should to correctly spell
words and have some sort of correct grammar, You're not going to get help.
It's not hard to spell and use correct grammar. Not saying perfect but C'mon, At least
TRY to seem like your somewhat educated.
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Wish you luck with the car.

I am sorry I didn't know you were such a baller. Your first post made it seem as though you were a young guy who just needed a little advice, I now see that you are just a crybaby. Back to the topic, drive the car with a for sale sign in it so when something breaks on the S4 you can afford to fix it (maybe). Oh and if you want any serious answers you must provide us with the check engine code. Go to Autozone and have them give you the code for free.

Wait, what colour is the CEL?

clutch's are for manuals torque converters are in automatics. There is no such thing as a torque converter clutch. The auto trans does have a few hydraulic clutches internally and if any of those are bad then you need a new transmission or rebuild. The 2.7t is a very high maintenance engine. Your S4 may not be giving you issue's now but just wait it will! And its going to start at 500 bux and go as high as 3k. No point in having the A6 as well... get something that needs a bit less upkeep like maybe a Geo Metro.

As far as the grammar. If you don't at least try then we don't always understand what your trying to say and most of us will not reply when we have to try to understand what your saying.