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so its happened 3 times, seems to happen when I am getting on it.
I don't know if this is a symptom of motor mounts but it will kick into neutral, and it seems I have to pull over, turn the engine off and back on and it works like normal, I may have to try just moving it to park and then back to drive.
Name is 65cobra, has an F250 listed as his vehicle. Might want to let us know what kind of MB you have. This section is for the E55 and E63. They have different transmissions.
Engine mounts will not cause your issue. Have you had it scanned for codes by the dealer? Your run of the mill OBDII reader won't do TCU codes.
Had a 2001 VWTdi with the slushbox 4 speed transmission. At 85K the unit was toast thanks to a cracked planetary. Kicked into neutral, wouldn't engage, slammed into gear, the whole 9.
Start with fresh fluid at the proper level and keep your fingers crossed.
What dipstick are you using? Which hole are you sticking it in ? Hah
No offence but a lot of people confuse the engine oil filler on top of the supercharger with the transmission filler next to the firewall.
Lol you called it I thought it was a little brown but I am colorblind I should of smelled it. I am using a generic dipstick I purchased for my Chrysler minivan. It is measured in mm
Now the internet instructions make more sense but I still didn’t find a level measurement
Does it look like this? It needs to be very flexible to get into the transmission pan, you will feel it bottom out when it is in correctly.
As you can see the cold measurement is not very high but I would start with this one, hot measurement is just for fine tuning, the cold measurement will tell you if you are 95% correct with the fluid level.
after finally getting the airmatic to work and getting the correct fluid and dipstick I was able to test it and at warm idling in the park it was barely at the 25 degree marking on the bottom. I added a full quart to get it up to the 80 degree line. So hopefully I was just low and that will fix it.
I didn't measure the temp, the car was just at operating temperature, hot idle in park. I thought it was a lot to add also but I wouldn't expect a transmission to act up unless it was a quart or more low. before I added it was below the 25 degree mark. I have not noticed any leaks.
You need to measure the temperature either with a temperature gun pointed at the transmission pan pan or STAR/icarsoftMB2. 25 degree temperature is basically just after you start it unless you live somewhere very cold. Being in idle for a while won't get you anywhere near the 80 degree mark, for me even driving hard couldn't get me there. The most you will see is about 50 degrees just hot idling. I ended up adding/subtracting only 20mL at a time to get to the correct level- this isn't necessary I am just overkill, but to give you an idea of what sort of volumes you can get down to.
I had exactly the same issue.
Eventually had to flatbed it to the SC.
They scratched their heads as nothing came up on STAR.
They drove it for a week and it did it intermittently.
I got quotes for a tranny rebuild, new tranny, valves, etc. etc (which I could not afford anyway)
I requested a full ATF drain (including from the TQ), refill, reset and software update. It has been a year, (Thank GOD) and all well thus far.
YMMV, but this worked for me
oneslow55 is correct.Fluid is key. Should always be full and clean/red in color. Transmissions are the most neglected part on a vehicle until there is a problem....THEN people will address it.
I do a drain and fill every year to keep fluid spotless. It's only fluid so why not.
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