Hi, I’d posted recently about noises from underneath, dreading S-tronic / mech .
Turned out it was suspension arms / bushes. Got those replaced now no noises.
But garage noticed gearbox sump oil leak. So got new seal, new sump and gearbox oil change.
Night and day now!
Totally smooth, no big jerks going from P/N to D or R, way smoother all round . Still a slight jerk sometimes from 1st to 2nd , but seems like that is pretty common at low speed. And R used to disengage sometimes.
Plus now S mode goes to 7th gear above 75, it never did this before !
Strange thing is I had S-tronic service- oil and filter change by Audi when I got it 18 months ago , and there was little or no difference to the smootheness of it, just put it down to a 90k car , know S-tronics can be a touch lumpy or notchy.
So has the full sump off got rid off all the crud compared to a normal gearbox oil change and made a huge difference ?
Or are Audi scrimping and not fully replacing the oil on their services?
Audi’s S-tronic service is cheaper than Indy’s quote 225 vs around 275
I’m going to call garage -AutoHaus outside edinburgh tomorrow and see if they did anything else, all that comes to mind is a TCU update .
Great service and chat from their guys.
I can maybe suggest to anyone with an older lumpy S-tronic , get the sump taken off , maybe replaced and new oil, filter .
£340 from Indy -or £380 from Audi for new sump, seal & oil. Well worth it .
If anyone else has done this, like to know their experiences too.
Cheers
Turned out it was suspension arms / bushes. Got those replaced now no noises.
But garage noticed gearbox sump oil leak. So got new seal, new sump and gearbox oil change.
Night and day now!
Totally smooth, no big jerks going from P/N to D or R, way smoother all round . Still a slight jerk sometimes from 1st to 2nd , but seems like that is pretty common at low speed. And R used to disengage sometimes.
Plus now S mode goes to 7th gear above 75, it never did this before !
Strange thing is I had S-tronic service- oil and filter change by Audi when I got it 18 months ago , and there was little or no difference to the smootheness of it, just put it down to a 90k car , know S-tronics can be a touch lumpy or notchy.
So has the full sump off got rid off all the crud compared to a normal gearbox oil change and made a huge difference ?
Or are Audi scrimping and not fully replacing the oil on their services?
Audi’s S-tronic service is cheaper than Indy’s quote 225 vs around 275
I’m going to call garage -AutoHaus outside edinburgh tomorrow and see if they did anything else, all that comes to mind is a TCU update .
Great service and chat from their guys.
I can maybe suggest to anyone with an older lumpy S-tronic , get the sump taken off , maybe replaced and new oil, filter .
£340 from Indy -or £380 from Audi for new sump, seal & oil. Well worth it .
If anyone else has done this, like to know their experiences too.
Cheers