Toothreaper
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Hello everyone I have a 05 Passat I have already disconnected my transmission and have the vehicle on jack stands with an engine brace overtop. I am going to be replacing my torque converter due to the code, however I had a few questions maybe someone here with a bit more knowledge on the transmission game of these vehicles could answer. But my question was how much damage could I have done to my transmission if I neglected to replace the torque converter months ago when I first started seeing this code? Of course now it drives like a tractor in gear and has also given me serious bucking then followed by immediate loss of torque from my engine one day I was driving.
Figured id replace the torque converter and or possibly rebuild my transmission. However Id like to skip the trans rebuild to a different date if the consensus here is just a bad conv. I still was able to get decent reverse. But it would take ages to get to 50 mph after the serious bucking and kerplunking happened. I am moving soon to a new house and didnt really want the car in pieces still by the end of the month on the lot I had been renting before. It would be cool to rebuild the whole transmission but I was just thinking of least money spent to get her moved to the new spot then I can kinda relax and or do other projects like the balance shaft delete it still needs. It drove very well before this and shifted quite wonderously.
I hope I didnt do severe dmg to my trans. However I probably have enough tools and know how to rebuild it once I have the time and money. Right now it would be good to hear what yall thought about the situation and or wether we think this transmission could have survived my procrastination. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to give me time and thought about my situation.
Figured id replace the torque converter and or possibly rebuild my transmission. However Id like to skip the trans rebuild to a different date if the consensus here is just a bad conv. I still was able to get decent reverse. But it would take ages to get to 50 mph after the serious bucking and kerplunking happened. I am moving soon to a new house and didnt really want the car in pieces still by the end of the month on the lot I had been renting before. It would be cool to rebuild the whole transmission but I was just thinking of least money spent to get her moved to the new spot then I can kinda relax and or do other projects like the balance shaft delete it still needs. It drove very well before this and shifted quite wonderously.
I hope I didnt do severe dmg to my trans. However I probably have enough tools and know how to rebuild it once I have the time and money. Right now it would be good to hear what yall thought about the situation and or wether we think this transmission could have survived my procrastination. Thanks in advance to anyone willing to give me time and thought about my situation.