Hi everyone, I'll try to keep this brief!
I have a few issues with the MK6 Golf, 1.4TSI DSG. Firstly, I think the Transmission control module on the car is cattle trucked. The other half was driving down the road, stopped in traffic, tried to pull away when the traffic moved and it just revved. I told her to turn it off, then on again and hopefully it will solve it. It did, and away she went..............for another 200 yards before it happened again. This time, she turned it off, but it refused to start again with an error on the dash saying select P or N. I assume the ECU was being told it was still in drive so it wouldn't allow us to start it up again. We managed to pull the car to the side of the road, called the AA and they towed us home.
Whilst we were there I scanned the car hoping that would get us going again after I cleared any fault codes. Unfortunately it wasn't reading the TCM. No communication with it at all. Got home and plugged in VAGCOM only to find I was still having the same issue, no communication with the TCM.
So, I assume that's shot! I found somewhere that can test it and refurb it for around £600 (is that good or bad?) but first port of call is getting the old one out!
I spent today doing just that. Eventually I managed to get it moving in a very tight space. However, on removal one of the "arms" (don't know if that's the technical term for them) broke and when I had it all off it was nowhere to be seen. I assume it snapped inside the gearbox when I was removing it (rookie mistake apparently) and now I have a plastic piece somewhere inside the gearbox.
At the moment it is obviously completely empty of oil as I drained it all to get the TCM out. So my question to you all, is there any way I can flush the gearbox and hope that the plastic piece comes out with it? If so, what's best to use and how with an open end where the TCM should be?
Any guidance would be very much appreciated.
And yes I know I said I'd keep it brief, but I failed!
Dean