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Originally Posted by yoyoyoda
That's great to hear, if your temps are higher in the transmission it can cause issues like slippage...
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Update today - my local specialist checked the fluid level for me (for free!) and noted it was at the right level and of good quality - at that point I said it had just been changed so that got a thumbs up.
They did a full on check of the rest of the car and noted a front suspension wear problem (which I knew about) and some software updates needed.
I've booked it back with them for the suspension and engine SW update (one of 3 needed, none are for the trans) next week. I planned to do these anyway and these guys seem quite good so a good time to do it. I have a few other issues to sort as well which they also detected without me telling them which is good - for me anyway.
I would get under the car myself but my drive is a steep slope
and this is Scotland which is bloody cold. I do have to remove the rear bumper tomorrow to fit a new parking sensor though.
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Originally Posted by War_Wagon
I don't know about Audi's specifically, but many newer computer controlled automatics "learn" the way they get driven... If driving your car "normally" seems to result in the transmission not acting up, it seems to me that the transmission had originally learned to operate normally, and perhaps your hypermiling techniques were confusing it?
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I wondered about this too, however as part of the fluid change there is an
"adaption procedure" which reprograms the box to adapt to new fluid - the garage did this twice and I've (tried do) do it myself.
Although thinking further maybe the car is adapting itself to it's first "caring owner". The DPOs (Dreaded Previous Owners - a classic MGB owners' term for normal people) seem to have accepted the idea of Audi long life service which means an oil change at 18K (if lucky) and no gearbox fluid change at all - as it is "sealed for life".
So maybe it is in a state of shock ?