Alex Crow
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Had an old CLK240 in the other day, with TC lockup issues.
This car had a Behr rad, with no reason to suspect glycol problems.
On roadtest it seems to be a valve body fault (you get a good idea, having driven so many with the TC problems).
Quoted for a new valve body, fluid/filter change etc, but customer hard up, and car not worth all that much.
So we turned off the TC to show the customer how we know what is playing up, and customer thinks it is perfect, happy with the drive of the car.
Thus we elected to go for a TC lock-up delete, as is popular on some Sprinters with the 722.6
Car now drives very well, with no fault codes and no gearchange issues. Obviously, we do see the revs climb a little more with throttle openings, and supposedly fuel consumption is affected slightly, but customer very happy.
Anyone else tried it?
This car had a Behr rad, with no reason to suspect glycol problems.
On roadtest it seems to be a valve body fault (you get a good idea, having driven so many with the TC problems).
Quoted for a new valve body, fluid/filter change etc, but customer hard up, and car not worth all that much.
So we turned off the TC to show the customer how we know what is playing up, and customer thinks it is perfect, happy with the drive of the car.
Thus we elected to go for a TC lock-up delete, as is popular on some Sprinters with the 722.6
Car now drives very well, with no fault codes and no gearchange issues. Obviously, we do see the revs climb a little more with throttle openings, and supposedly fuel consumption is affected slightly, but customer very happy.
Anyone else tried it?