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 Post subject: EB 4 speed wont hold gears
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:05 pm 
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I don't know anything about these autos. Basically if i put it back to first. Idle along at 40 it'll gear up to 4th slowly. Then i touch the accelerator like a cm and it slams back into first and as soon as i take it off it gears back up. I'm not sure if there's a problem with it or it's just the GLi tune?
I know my EL XR6 used to compression lock and smash around in the gear you selected for ages before it decided to do this.
My eb has done near 300ks. There was one owner before me. He serviced the box every 20,000ks. It drives great, never randomly drops out or anything but..
Yeah could there be a problem or it's just a sake of getting a j3 tuned like an xr to hold gears longer?
I can't be fagged searching for hours to find that it's normal anyway so any help would be great.
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 Post subject: Re: EB 4 speed wont hold gears
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:36 pm 
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Could be a Throttle Position Switch fault. Have you checked it for codes?

 

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 Post subject: Re: EB 4 speed wont hold gears
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:38 pm 
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Could be a Throttle Position Switch fault. Have you checked it for codes?

 

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 Post subject: Re: EB 4 speed wont hold gears
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:35 pm 
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What do you mean by codes?
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 Post subject: Re: EB 4 speed wont hold gears
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:53 pm 
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faults. the ecu logs faults when sensors, etc play up.

 

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 Post subject: Re: EB 4 speed wont hold gears
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:41 am 
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I tried asking the ecu what the problem was but it just told me to f**k off!
lol na i'm not even going to pretend i have the know how or gadgets to do that.
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 Post subject: Re: EB 4 speed wont hold gears
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:38 pm 
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Well whatever you where on about the ecu, that was the problem.
I got an EL ecu today and banged it in. it's 50% better with it, Hold it heaps longer
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 Post subject: Re: EB 4 speed wont hold gears
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:28 pm 
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slammeb wrote:
I know my EL XR6 used to compression lock and smash around in the gear you selected for ages before it decided to do this.


I can second that, my EB used to lock up when you threw it back into 1st doing like 40 or 50 it was scary when it used to jump out to the side lol and i could hold second til like 100km/h and it would bounce off the limiter without shifting. Definitely something not right with your picture... It doesnt have anything to do with the ECU?

 

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 Post subject: Re: EB 4 speed wont hold gears
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:59 pm 
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I can second that, my EB used to lock up when you threw it back into 1st doing like 40 or 50 it was scary when it used to jump out to the side lol and i could hold second til like 100km/h and it would bounce off the limiter without shifting. Definitely something not right with your picture... It doesnt have anything to do with the ECU?

Yeah itwas, i got a EL ecu as i'm getting a j3 aswell, put it in last week and it goes heaps better, holds gears to long for what i'm used to now lol, have to tap the pedal to get it to kick down at 40+ though. Still alot better
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