Ok, so this is the first e30 auto I've ever seen, so needless to say I'm completely unfamilar with the system in general.
Here's what the symptoms are. If the car is cold, the car will operate normally while yard driving (ie - goes in reverse and first). However, once it gets warmed up, getting into reverse becomes a bit more of a pain, and forward is all but impossible - lots of shifting between reverse, neutral and drive to get it to clunk in.
Now, when I try to put it in drive when it's warm, it makes a horrible grinding sound - but it sounds like it's coming from the rear. Giving it gas does nothing, just makes the grinding louder. Put it in reverse, it grinds then clunks into reverse, and functions normally. Neutral is silent and functions normally. I've found that between shifting between neutral and drive quickly for a minute will get it to clunk into drive, or backing up a bit and then trying drive. Any stress on the drivetrain, however, and it clunks back out - for instance, I was driving the car onto a pair of ramps, and halfway up it would come out of gear.
What I don't understand is why it works sometimes, works when it's cold, works when you shift between neutral and drive, and why the grinding is coming from the rear.
Thoughts?
Here's what the symptoms are. If the car is cold, the car will operate normally while yard driving (ie - goes in reverse and first). However, once it gets warmed up, getting into reverse becomes a bit more of a pain, and forward is all but impossible - lots of shifting between reverse, neutral and drive to get it to clunk in.
Now, when I try to put it in drive when it's warm, it makes a horrible grinding sound - but it sounds like it's coming from the rear. Giving it gas does nothing, just makes the grinding louder. Put it in reverse, it grinds then clunks into reverse, and functions normally. Neutral is silent and functions normally. I've found that between shifting between neutral and drive quickly for a minute will get it to clunk into drive, or backing up a bit and then trying drive. Any stress on the drivetrain, however, and it clunks back out - for instance, I was driving the car onto a pair of ramps, and halfway up it would come out of gear.
What I don't understand is why it works sometimes, works when it's cold, works when you shift between neutral and drive, and why the grinding is coming from the rear.
Thoughts?
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