under wot my gearshifts sound like they are in two parts as opposed to one clean shift.

is this normal?

no one has been able to tell me if its normal or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3dp...ature=youtu.be

 

That aint even near normal----off to a good transmission shop that understands the MB system!!

 

what do you think will need to be done? new transmission.?

 

I'm 4000 US miles from you and have read your one line noisy gear shift post--like I say once the snow is gone find a good transmission shop and ask them that question, however, if without test driving the car they say replace the transmission, I would then let a sugar beet farmer test drive the car---what does he think!!

 

snow's been gone for a while. ok thanks.

what's a sugar beet?

this sucks. ive just been getting ready to do a dyno tune, as ive had kleeman catless downpipes and turbo pipes installed, along with their tune, which hasnt worked for me.. now im wondering what the next step should be.

 

Does it do this with gas in it as well I'm assuming? I know that with gas that empty my LT Fuel trims are way off. Could be not getting the fuel it needs. If it does I'd say maybe a trans software update or adapt. Did it start after the tune?

 

oh you mean because my fuel was so low?

yes im not sure. ill try it again with a full tank. but i didnt think that would affect it. interesting thing is about 20 km after that i actually ran out of gas just before i got to the station. i was sure it normally let it go way below the empty notch before it ran out. this time it was dead on the empty mark!!! very odd.

 

Yeah My car on a stock tune running on fumes starts going hard (+)on the Fuel trims. It has to cycle the fuel so fast it cant keep up especially on hard pulls.

 

"what's a sugar beet?"--------A vegetable used in huge quantities in Canada in the production of sugar which is exported all over the world.

 

 

nice. never seen or heard of one, and never met a farmer.

 

wow, i think that may have had something to do with it. i filled up and did 3 pulls and that issue isnt there anymore.

however i did notice something new.

when slowing down to a stop gradually (with foot off brake), as car automatically shifts from 2nd to 1st, it grabs and jerks, almost as if i was out of gas... (nowhere near as jerky or as violent, but similar) then once in 1st, the car coasts normally along in a normal creep.

 

Nice! Much better than buying a tranny LOL! Use V-Power as well if you can.

The downshifting is normal especially after spirited driving. Helps save the brakes a bit too!

 

yes.

i probably shouldn't have been doing that. didn't notice i the tank was on empty.

i would sure be disappointed if my tranny was crap after only 30k miles.

car is tuned, but tune isn't working, so... never experienced any increase in power.

 

Why are you keeping a tune on the car that doesnt work?

Get a proper tune as there IS major potential to gain big power over stock.

 

yeah i hear you.

ive had THREE mail in tunes. that were all crap. 2 AMS and one kleemann.

now im trying for a third time.

this time Eurochaged is doing a local dyno tune day where i live so ill hopefully get it all settled.

strange thing is i know another person in my area with the exact same car, but a 2015 model who's had 3 mail in tunes as well, (his were from renntech)and none of them worked either!!

then he got a local dyno tune, and was happy with the results. picked up an extra 8 mph in 1/4

needless to say i will never pay for another mail in tune.

 

lol ya dont do that again. I did my eurocharged tune at their shop as i am local to them and i can vouch that the gains and performance are day and night imroved over stock

 

glad to hear it.

did you go to the track? any measurable improvements?

i noticed nothing from my previous tunes.

 

no track results yet just from driving it though it feels a lot quicker.

Dyno also showed good numbers at 630whp/750+wtq