The trabant transmission does not have a free wheeling device on 1st 2nd or 3rd gear, only on 4th gear, so you have to be either on the gas or in neutral. If you coast on 1st to 3rd gear, you starve the engine of oil.
@@CheckEngineLight94 the crankshaft and probably the entire engine is worn out, you have to replace it after about 70.000 km i guess. There may be more, try to go on a Trabant forum and browse this issue. there is not a lot of information available in english unfortunately.
@@ultra.based.27 I have a completely rebuilt engine coming from Europe. That one will be going in and I can work on this one. I've watched videos (never seen another in person) and some seem worse and some seem better than this one, so I suppose time will tell.
It sounds like a old diesel! And somehow it still worked despite this, few cars can do the same :)
It impresses me how you engage neutral with the vehicle in motion, at all times.
The trabant transmission does not have a free wheeling device on 1st 2nd or 3rd gear, only on 4th gear, so you have to be either on the gas or in neutral. If you coast on 1st to 3rd gear, you starve the engine of oil.
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Trabant fahren ist einfach Cool...!!!
my friend has a Trabant and i'm pretty sure the engine is not supossed to sound like this
Thank you for your comment! I'm working on evaluating the issue. Perhaps a leak or rod knock?
@@CheckEngineLight94 the crankshaft and probably the entire engine is worn out, you have to replace it after about 70.000 km i guess. There may be more, try to go on a Trabant forum and browse this issue. there is not a lot of information available in english unfortunately.
@@ultra.based.27 I have a completely rebuilt engine coming from Europe. That one will be going in and I can work on this one. I've watched videos (never seen another in person) and some seem worse and some seem better than this one, so I suppose time will tell.
Every Trabant I used to travel, had the same engine sound.
trabi sa ovláda zľahka, netreba si pri preraďovaní rýchlostných stupňov zlomiť ruku!
No jo američan vidí manuál 🙂
Teraz som o niečo krajší s premazaním radiacej páky a výmenou kvapaliny. ;)
Woow sound trabant 2T
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you accelerate too much or have to shift gears earlier
Were are you from?
The Atlanta, Georgia area
@@CheckEngineLight94 Trabant in Amerika??? 😮
@@erichruby6215 Indeed! Check out the group Trabant USA on Facebook