vr6-jam

un real, I spent a few hours reading posts and scratching my head, and had settled on the idea the gearbox mount may be at fault so decided to take the car for a slow drive and then a fast drive to see if there is any change in gear change, left home 100 yards up the road the oil light started flashing, and the rev counter stopped, I pulled over popped the bonnet all looked ok thought sod it, carry on with journey travelled 5 miles to petrol station put 20 quid of fuel in, got back in the car, it wouldn’t start had lights but not ignition, ok now I’m peeved to say the least bar-steward vw!! Pushed it of the forecourt. The dash read (in 01) where the mileage is sat?? Anyway though I would disconnect the battery for 10 mins, at this point the hamlet adverts sprung to mind! after 10 connected the battery still (in 01) in display, went back over the process of removing the 150 relay in my head, I had connected to a single pin male and female plug, so thought unplug them, may account for something, I pulled the fuse box down and the car stated without me touching the key, ay! got behind the fuse box to find a piece of wire bridging a female plug I had obviously knocked it whilst trying to remove the relay, I reconnected the wire, now the car would start of the key, but then I needed to find out why the wire was there, I found the plug that was meant for , connected the two , the car now starts, the rev counter works, the oil light has stopped flashing, it no longer starts in 1,2,3 D ,or R Just park and n, and wait for it,,,, it changes smooth as silk up and down the box just travel 40 mile all is well I still have no idea what the wire was there for! I just have to figure out what the noise is from the front end, I replaced both front wheel bearings, it’s still there its coming from the left hand passengers side sound just like a bearing, diff, noise thank you for your help so far...

hi fla, found relay 150, you are right about being hard to remove! it looks ok, the first section move with the ignition but the second doesnt seem to do anything, could this be the probelm? cleaned all the conection and its still the same, as for the atf, the car has coverd a genuine 60k and for the last month been leaking badly, but allways topped up the gearchange was always smooth the fluid that i had been using to top up with was dexron 3, after refiting the box i used some cheap fluid given to me all sealed and new but the bottles looked cheap, drove it for 3 miles thats the first time the box became clonky jurky snactchy, i decided to drop the fluids clean and dry th pan and fetch some genuine vw atf, this added its still the same! oh thats another 40 quid! thank you for your help

james rado, did you fix it?? mine is doing the same thing starting in 1 d and r, i have been looking for the relay 150 and cant find it, i removed my auto box to replace the seal as this was leaking, onece i removed the box could not see where the leak was comming from, with lots of hesitation i took the torque convertor out removed the pump to replace all the seals i found a seal in pices floating about inside, this was identified and replace put the box back together, now there are no leaks! but now the change is harsh and will not go into top gear and also starts in any gear! any help??? i have used gen part and atf........ help.....help