My friend has blown a tranny and needs a solution

[CafeMB]

A friend of mine has blown the transmission on his W210, is this an easy replacement or is it effectively a write off.....

 

[Cole@MBS]

2nd hand box???????

 

[Corned]

Now this thread didn't go the way I expected from the title...

 

[television]

What has he done to have blown it,,, that is rather a wide term

 

[WG M-B]

What has he done to have blown it,,, that is rather a wide term

I was thinking the same thing???? Unless there is a damaged power train then surely a rebuild would be a decent solution???

 

[st4]

Blown a tranny, he should be ashamed of himself.

 

[WG M-B]

Blown a tranny, he should be ashamed of himself.

Love it

 

[television]

Blown a tranny, he should be ashamed of himself.

But he might have been doing a fluid change, and he blew the cooler pipes, and that is better than sucking

 

[M80]

Blown a tranny, he should be ashamed of himself.

What happens in Thailand should stay in Thailand.

 

[st4]

But he might have been doing a fluid change, and he blew the cooler pipes, and that is better than sucking

Did the fluid come out the tranny once it was blown?

 

[television]

Did the fluid come out the tranny once it was blown?

We do not know yet

 

[brandwooddixon]

Unless you can find a second hand transmission you'll be looking at the thick end of £2000 for a rebuilt auto-gearbox and that is from an independent repair shop.

MB quoted price was £4500 when my W210 destroyed it's gearbox and that was around 6years ago.

 

[walkenblue]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Blown a tranny, he should be ashamed of himself.

 

[brianbrian]

But he might have been doing a fluid change, and he blew the cooler pipes, and that is better than sucking

Good job you spelt that properly. Hope this helps

 

[CafeMB]

But he might have been doing a fluid change, and he blew the cooler pipes, and that is better than sucking

Sorry how you you suck in the fluid in this situation? Can you elaborate

As far as I know the car is driveable but is limited..... I dont know yet whether any fluid is leaking or was leaking. I dont know yet whether he was hammering it.

 

[television]

Sorry how you you suck in the fluid in this situation? Can you elaborate, No as I know nothing about car

As far as I know the car is driveable but is limited..... I dont know yet whether any fluid is leaking or was leaking. I dont know yet whether he was hammering it.

What is limited

 

[CafeMB]

What is limited

Well the car changes gear but it seems to 'slam' as though it's been hit up the back end

 

[Xtractorfan]

Well the car changes gear but it seems to 'slam' as though it's been hit up the back end

Thats what u get when you blow a tranny....

 

[television]

Well the car changes gear but it seems to 'slam' as though it's been hit up the back end

Then pump pressure incorrect maybe, not a common fault at all

 

[brandwooddixon]

Slamming between gear changes can be a precursor to total gearbox failure.
If the car isn't making any untoward noises when at idle then it hasn't got that far yet. My old E430 did exactly the same, but just 3 times before it completely self destructed.

I would get it to a specialist as soon as possible and not drive it in the meantime.

You could always make a dipstick (there's instructions in a thread on here somewhere), warm up the engine and gearbox and check that there is actually fluid in the gearbox.