Howdy folks,
Had my 50TDI coming up for 2 weeks; came from a 40TDI with the S-Tronic. Ordered the car when we were still in lockdown so didn’t get chance to drive one.
I’m noticing that the engine/gearbox isn’t as smooth as the 40/S-Tronic combo - the engine noise is more intrusive in the cabin and the gearbox ‘slips’.
I know the box is different and that it’s an old stool torque converter, but should I be experiencing what I’d describe as behaviour from a CVT (Multitronic) from earlier years where the revs would hold but speed would build?
The example being I can accelerate gently from standstill and the engine revs will build to 2.5k and hold there whilst it moves through the gears (1>3) but it’s very growly in the cabin during.
Does this sound normal?
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Had my 50TDI coming up for 2 weeks; came from a 40TDI with the S-Tronic. Ordered the car when we were still in lockdown so didn’t get chance to drive one.
I’m noticing that the engine/gearbox isn’t as smooth as the 40/S-Tronic combo - the engine noise is more intrusive in the cabin and the gearbox ‘slips’.
I know the box is different and that it’s an old stool torque converter, but should I be experiencing what I’d describe as behaviour from a CVT (Multitronic) from earlier years where the revs would hold but speed would build?
The example being I can accelerate gently from standstill and the engine revs will build to 2.5k and hold there whilst it moves through the gears (1>3) but it’s very growly in the cabin during.
Does this sound normal?
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