hi guys , im new here but have been following the forum for a while !

would any of you know why my 2005 td6 has a very long delay when pulling off in the morning?

just revs with no drive at all , sometimes does it during the day too ! , dosnt seem to be any pattern of why it suddenly moves but its like oil drain back or something not engaging properly?


be nice this is my first l322 and my first auto !

Hello, does it come up with any messages in the message centre on the instrument cluster?

How many miles has she done? they start to suffer at around 80K, give or take depending how much towing she has done.

First thing i would do is to change the gearbox oil and filter. its not a hard job to do. measure the exact amount of fluid you drain, and refill with the same amount.

hi , i get no warnings or messages , shes done 175k miles but the gearbox was replaced with a recon unit 15k ago by the previous owner , have just done a gearbox oil and filter change along with a full engine service too

Hi do you know if the torque convertor was changed? was it a exchange unit or a second hand one?
do you get a slight vibration, that feels like its under your bum in the drivers seat.

Mine's done that when it's been left a few days and it's cold. Done it for years. Only lasts a few metres though.

Macca314 wrote:

Hi do you know if the torque convertor was changed? was it a exchange unit or a second hand one?
do you get a slight vibration, that feels like its under your bum in the drivers seat.

KurtVerbose wrote:

Mine's done that when it's been left a few days and it's cold. Done it for years. Only lasts a few metres though.

A few seconds for mine, however, I have noticed if I let it tick over a little while, she engages a lot quicker.
A lot of td6 peeps on here have reported this from time to time.
The td6 is probably the worst out of all the ff's. I haven't driven any other one , bjt by all accounts it's the noisiest.
Which I can understand as it's a 3litre in a 2.5 ton body, then to top it all they gave it an even crappier g/box, which isn't really up to the job.
anyway, I'm still happy with mine.
Greg.

May not be the same thing but we had that in ours a while back, but only going into reverse. It turned out it was a crack in the valve block which was causing a pressure loss. Not sure if the entire process but a pm to RRphil would be an idea.

gregdav wrote:

A few seconds for mine, however, I have noticed if I let it tick over a little while, she engages a lot quicker.
A lot of td6 peeps on here have reported this from time to time.
The td6 is probably the worst out of all the ff's. I haven't driven any other one , bjt by all accounts it's the noisiest.
Which I can understand as it's a 3litre in a 2.5 ton body, then to top it all they gave it an even crappier g/box, which isn't really up to the job.
anyway, I'm still happy with mine.
Greg.

PaulTyrer wrote:

May not be the same thing but we had that in ours a while back, but only going into reverse. It turned out it was a crack in the valve block which was causing a pressure loss. Not sure if the entire process but a pm to RRphil would be an idea.

I had this just recently , bought in july with a rebuilt gear box which had only done a few hundred miles.
could reverse out the drive [ slight gradient] no problem first thing and drive all day no issues.
Drive forwards out of drive first thing and would just rev with slight movement, Or I would then select manual/sport and it would drive out ok and no problems all day.
another way I tested was to put in manual/ sport move forward a foot and then select Drive and again all was well.
the gaurantee was not woth the paper it was Written on , so got a local gear box to check and 1 soloution was to fit a upgraded valve block [ sonax].
however by pure chance and before i found this club, i spoke with a guy who had several L322 ff and he asked me to check that I had the correct gear box oil Texaco.
sure enough it had not and so I had the gear box flush and the correct oil and new filter put in and for me it has worked and all is well.
Hope this helps as it turns out was a cheaper soloution to having a new vaLve block or another rebuild

Have a look at this thread. Didnt realise yours is a TD6, mine is a 4.4 Petrol V8

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic7271.h...ox+reverse

javal322 wrote:

KurtVerbose wrote:

Mine's done that when it's been left a few days and it's cold. Done it for years. Only lasts a few metres though.

how long does yours take to start moving? this can be anywhere from 0-30 secs ! , just sits there freely revving

sometimes going up the gears in manual helps speed the process up

Glenn* wrote:

I had this just recently , bought in july with a rebuilt gear box which had only done a few hundred miles.
could reverse out the drive [ slight gradient] no problem first thing and drive all day no issues.
Drive forwards out of drive first thing and would just rev with slight movement, Or I would then select manual/sport and it would drive out ok and no problems all day.
another way I tested was to put in manual/ sport move forward a foot and then select Drive and again all was well.
the gaurantee was not woth the paper it was Written on , so got a local gear box to check and 1 soloution was to fit a upgraded valve block [ sonax].
however by pure chance and before i found this club, i spoke with a guy who had several L322 ff and he asked me to check that I had the correct gear box oil Texaco.
sure enough it had not and so I had the gear box flush and the correct oil and new filter put in and for me it has worked and all is well.
Hope this helps as it turns out was a cheaper soloution to having a new vaLve block or another rebuild