Tozo Is The Transmission Guru

[Drifters]

If anyone ever needs any transmission work done on their RS6, I highly recommend going to see Tozo in Schaumburg, IL.

He was able to rebuild my trans in a weekend. Dropped it off on Friday and got it back on Sunday.

Can't say enough about how awesome Tozo is to work with and the quality of his workmanship.

[AndyRS6]

In Schaumburg or Rolling Meadows?


Andriy

[Drifters]

To me coming from the north (WI), Schaumburg and Rolling Meadows is the same place. :)

[AndyRS6]

I thought he moved .

[Aronis]

yes, he is the master......tried to get him to do a world tour fixing all the transmissions.......:)

Mike

[Dmb408]

So did he have a core when you got there (i.e. you left him your core, so it will be quicker for him when he does the next guy too)?

[Drifters]

Nope, didn't leave a core. He took out my trans and rebuilt it in a weekend. His wife said she didn't see him all weekend while I was down there.

[RS2racer]

Nope, didn't leave a core. He took out my trans and rebuilt it in a weekend. His wife said she didn't see him all weekend while I was down there.

You should send her a little something then ; ) and Gabor is The Man indeed ! we miss seeing him at SFest in CT...he used to come down every year for a while but he's busier these days.

[JW77]

Hi, I would like to know what were the symptoms of trans failure ? Was the clutches (Bank/band 2) or valve body or Torque converter ?

[lswing]

Hi, I would like to know what were the symptoms of trans failure ? Was the clutches (Bank/band 2) or valve body or Torque converter ?

Search and read, can be many things...slipping and clunking is failure. Use "site:rs6.com trans failure symptoms" in Google search.

You'll get a code for the TC, usually no code for the trans fail.

[Aronis]

You can and must scan routinely for the TC codes. You monitor for lockup vs failure to lockup. The TC fault will not through a CEL until it happens many times.....and then it may be too late.

Mike

[Wide-66]

I have a good rebuildable core in NH if somebody wants if for rebuild. The car drove fine but had a clunk in downshift to first and upon acceleration you had to let off from 1-2 to let it catch.

[Turbowned]

Oh is that where he is? I was just in Schaumburg/Rolling Meadows a few months back.

[jtmdmd1]

I just had some problems with mine. It had been doing fine- smooth shifting & no clunking. I was going up my driveway & started having slipping. It started slipping between first & second- not as much if I manually shifted. Not bad, worse if I was accelerating harder. It seems worse going forward on a uphill slope. My mechanic looked at it after a week or so & said only thing he saw was it was a half quart low on fluid-no codes & TC had been replaced ~ 50,000 mi. ago. After adding fluid it only slips a little on very hard acceleration- otherwise it shifts perfectly. I'm not going to put the money in it to repair or replace the trans, so I guess I just need to not accelerate hard- I will probably just run it til it dies,put it in the basement, get something else.

It pisses me off that this started about 2 weeks after having the timing belt service, valve gaskets, starter, & small cooling fan done. I wouldn't have done any of the routine maint items if I had thought the trans was possibly going out. Add that to the EGT code that just came up & the need for control arm job- its got to go when the trans quits(:

[Aronis]

I just had some problems with mine. It had been doing fine- smooth shifting & no clunking. I was going up my driveway & started having slipping. It started slipping between first & second- not as much if I manually shifted. Not bad, worse if I was accelerating harder. It seems worse going forward on a uphill slope. My mechanic looked at it after a week or so & said only thing he saw was it was a half quart low on fluid-no codes & TC had been replaced ~ 50,000 mi. ago. After adding fluid it only slips a little on very hard acceleration- otherwise it shifts perfectly. I'm not going to put the money in it to repair or replace the trans, so I guess I just need to not accelerate hard- I will probably just run it til it dies,put it in the basement, get something else.

It pisses me off that this started about 2 weeks after having the timing belt service, valve gaskets, starter, & small cooling fan done. I wouldn't have done any of the routine maint items if I had thought the trans was possibly going out. Add that to the EGT code that just came up & the need for control arm job- its got to go when the trans quits(:

sorry to read this......that stinks...

Mike

[topcat_92]

For those is WA, I took my RS to Addict Motorsports in Woodinville for several things including transmission. They rebuilt it, upgrade the torque converter, and soldered in an MTM TCU chip I hadn't put in yet. They did great work, and the MTM TCU chip tune is great. I'll update my prior post about the massive oil leak and the other work I had done at Addict. Cheers.

[Jimmy312]

Agree, Tozo is THE transmission man for RS6s. I have an extra TC Core if anybody needs one. Had to buy it from Tozo when he replaced mine.

[rah]

For those is WA, I took my RS to Addict Motorsports in Woodinville for several things including transmission. They rebuilt it, upgrade the torque converter, and soldered in an MTM TCU chip I hadn't put in yet. They did great work, and the MTM TCU chip tune is great. I'll update my prior post about the massive oil leak and the other work I had done at Addict. Cheers.

Thanks for that, i will get a hold of them, i am afraid that mine will get to that soon with the transmission. I just started to get the occasional clunk on downshift (happened 3 times that i remember in the last few month), usually at low speed, no issues with up shifts... yet.

[Aronis]

Thanks for that, i will get a hold of them, i am afraid that mine will get to that soon with the transmission. I just started to get the occasional clunk on downshift (happened 3 times that i remember in the last few month), usually at low speed, no issues with up shifts... yet.

yikes!

Mike

[SAF]

Does he make house calls?
Mine has started to slip on spirited accels. What's the expected repair cost again? This may be the beginning of the end for me.

[Aronis]

Does he make house calls?
Mine has started to slip on spirited accels. What's the expected repair cost again? This may be the beginning of the end for me.

I requested he do a tour. Stop and live with RS6 owners for a few weeks to rebuild each of our transmissions. Work for beer, food and gas money. We have a nice guest bedroom and WIFI is free. We get expert rebuild, he gets to 'see the country.' Win Win..

Mike

[Jimmy312]

Does he make house calls?
Mine has started to slip on spirited accels. What's the expected repair cost again? This may be the beginning of the end for me.

When I had him do my second TC replacement, the cost was 2k for TC replace and 5k for Trans rebuild.
I have since sold my beast to a guy who put 800 horsepower in the engine and he hasn't been able to roast the transmission yet so he can do the 6 MT swap. Tozo is the man.

[DHall1]

Replace the trans go valve update ASAP

don’t drive the car

you might save the trans