Hey Ryan,.......
We are not naming and shaming the garage as we are giving them the opportunity to put things right (even though they stripped the box down and gave up half way through)..
Ry
Can you tell us if the garage is state side or UK?
Hey Ryan,.......
We are not naming and shaming the garage as we are giving them the opportunity to put things right (even though they stripped the box down and gave up half way through)..
Ry
Looking at the gear teeth you will have to replace some gears, or they will be very loud.At bare minimum it needs all new bearings and syncros. Hopefully a brass brush will clean all the crap off the gears and they'll be ok. Whether that's cost effective or not, now that's a different story.
It can be rebuilt however it's likely not cost effective.so, that trans is garbage then? or can it be rebuilt?
I ship a dozen gearboxes a month and all have a bright pink tag in big letter stating the trans is shipped dry. I even go as far as keeping the drain plug loose, and there are still 3-4 people a year that run my gearboxes with too little or no fluid. If you make something idiot proof there is always a better idiot that comes along.I always thought transaxles (and engines) void of lubricant should have a BIG dayglow tag afixed to them stating "This Unit Has No Oil and Must Be Filled With Proper Lubricant Before Use" (or similar wording). It should be common sense to check, but NEVER underestimate the power of human stupidity. You are better protected if you put such a tag on the unit, because if it comes back to you, you warned them and it is their fault.
I bought a used transaxle once and it had such a tag, but it was still full of lube! (I guess they forgot to drain it).
--Nate
No two ways about it.I would name the shop. It's asinine to assume that a shipped transmission has fluid in it.
The pics, let alone the odour, confirm that the transmission was run without oil.
The tech messes up and needs to man up for their mistake.
You would think so. I was told this shop is even on the "trusted tdi shops" list.Anbody/anyshop, that installs/replaces a transmission...Absolutely knows to check the level..
Even if no fluid is spilled, disturbed, or changed...check the level.
Heck I check the transmission just for courteous jesture when their car is on the lift..
Very true. We've all left a bolt or two loose before (I'm guilty) when in a hurry, interrupted, etc.I'm sure we've all made boneheaded mistakes.
I've found that it's not the mistake, but the response to the mistake that's important.
Even when they make it right, its still sad to see a rare trans destroyed .It could have been one of those things. The apprentice forgetting or if they got interrupted half way through, who knows.
Nobody needs to know which shop this is as long as they make all this right (which we are getting somewhere).
Ry
I'm sure we've all made boneheaded mistakes.
I've found that it's not the mistake, but the response to the mistake that's important.
Of course that presupposes a level of competence that would suggest a lapse like this is just that, and not another in a long line of incompetent acts.
X2 haha. I almost never work on stock cars, and when I do, I am known to forget engine covers exist too lmao.The worst thing on my part is forgetting to put engine covers back on.. I do it at least once a week.. Most of my customers don't have them on anyway, so I forget and a day or 2 later I see an engine cover laying in the shop and wonder who's it is.. Usually that coincides with a phone call inquiring about a missing engine cover..
word X3....lost count of how many times I forgot the engine cover!! ...the TDI is such a thing of beauty why would you want to homogenize it with a piece of plastic anyway?X2 haha. I almost never work on stock cars, and when I do, I am known to forget engine covers exist too lmao.
The shop who installed it should post it there!How about LOL? The owner of this needs to post in tothemax's "what dumb $hit stuff did you do to your car today" thread lol.