help please auto no drive!!!!!!

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TOFTY
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Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:29 pm

hi guys ..............
i have an 88 325 auto , was driving home and lost all drive!!! :(
the car will still go into reverse gear but nothing forward!
spoke to a few people today and have done the following.......
made sure atf fluid is topped up and is not black , changed the ecu but i have the same problem!
any one?
E30BeemerLad
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Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:36 pm

it will be either valve body, clutch packs or the governor.

Either way, by the time anyone who knows what they are doing has had a look at it, it will prob be cheaper to put a secondhand one in

I'm off to ECP in Leeds tomorrow morning to get my M50 headset & water pump
TOFTY
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Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:47 pm

cheers for the reply
working at gsf now mate !
only had the car a week! was running sweet then this happend!
GUTTED!
been told the car has gone into limp mode and the ecu should solve it! but has'nt!
TOFTY
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Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:02 pm

anyone else?
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Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:13 pm

bump
monkey
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Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:19 pm

as e30beemerland has said doing anything to an auto box will cost a big amount of money cheaper to find and fit a secondhand box or maybe its time to convert to a manual g/box
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Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:47 am

a box with no cogs = failure.
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