S60 auto box - repaired?

[Tim Riglar]

Got my S60 auto back from the garage yesterday - gearchanges had become
intermittently quite snatchy, and a couple of times it seemed to slip
momentarily into neutral. All fixed under warranty, but when I asked what
they had done, they said they had changed the "control valve unit" (ok,
seemed reasonable), which uses "gases produced by the gearbox oil". Huh? Is
this this:

a) Don't baffle the customer with technical details he won't understand;

b) Reception guy didn't understand what the mechanic told him, so make
something up for the customer;

c) Clever autobox engineering I've never come across before?

Ok, perhaps all boxes work this way, but can anyone enlighten me as to what
they were trying to describe?

Tim

 

[G Klein]

Replaced the valve body

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Is for the New York City Firemen who lost their lives on September 11,2001.
The official count is 343, but there was also a volunteer who lost his life
aiding in the initial rescue efforts. And I will never forget them as long
as I live,
nor should any American.
"Mow Green"

 

[Mike F]

Got my S60 auto back from the garage yesterday - gearchanges had become
intermittently quite snatchy, and a couple of times it seemed to slip
momentarily into neutral. All fixed under warranty, but when I asked what
they had done, they said they had changed the "control valve unit" (ok,
seemed reasonable), which uses "gases produced by the gearbox oil". Huh? Is
this this:

a) Don't baffle the customer with technical details he won't understand;

b) Reception guy didn't understand what the mechanic told him, so make
something up for the customer;

c) Clever autobox engineering I've never come across before?

Ok, perhaps all boxes work this way, but can anyone enlighten me as to what
they were trying to describe?

Tim

I can safely say, no transmission uses gases produced by the gearbox oil
for anything, so (c) is out. I'll add:
d) The mechanic didn't know what he was talking about and this is what
he told the reception guy who didn't know any better.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

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