Like all of you all on this page i also have a 307 al4 trans and have experience

d all of these problems! i have close to 120 miles and have now gotten back auto
gear fault since i changed the valves around 60k. The box can be fixed very eas
y and i am not a professional once u study how the trans work you will see where
the fault lies in these boxes! its a pity that Peugeot and other independent ga
rages pretend that they don't know how how to permanently fix this problem!
1. The heat exchanger fitted to the al4 has on early boxes 6 lames or 6 cooling
lanes while the new models have 12. This is the source of all the problems for t
his box as the extreme heat causes the oil to thin out and eventual cause somewh
at more friction between the bands and clutches in the box ! when this happens o
ver an extend period of time the metal particles are supposed to get trapped by
the filter and then by the valve body filter right? well the truth is the filter
s don't trap all of the particles and it then inters in to the valve body then i
nto guess what the same pressure control solenoid and toque converter solenoid w
hich then gets stuck, when this happens the coil is either going to be burnt or
melted to the point where the computer sends a short circuit signal to the drive
r as an AUTOMATIC GEAR FAULT, and the code is going to be pressure regulation/ v
ariation or something to that extent.If the box did not go into this mode the ba
nds, pistons and clutches would make sufficient contact in very bad cases u get
no reverse gear or no 1st or 2ND.
I could go on and on but this is how to fix it with out spending tons of money!
1.get the diagnostic faults from the trans!
2.if the pressure and converter valves are bad change them .
3.Clean the magnets in the pan and take out valve body and clean! be careful val
ve body extremely delicate.
4.Replace oil and filter and the small filter in the valve body.
If you experienced any judder while in drive your torque converter may need repl
acing.
5. Update the engine and trans ecu and do the pedal re-learn
If you have no gear , slips, or engine revs while in drive you need overhaul as
pistons, bands and clutches may have been burnt or wared down and are not makin
g a mechanical connection.
If you have time ,the workshop manual, and diagnostic tool which is "lexia 3" an
d have general tools this can be done by your self with some smart thinking.
When all is well again with gearbox please install an after-market transmission
heat exchanger as it will help solve most of the problems and install a transmis
sion temp gauge so that you can monitor the temp ur self .
HOPE this helped some someone! :)
PS ESSO LT71141 is a good oil but if u don't have enough money to buy use Mobi
l 1 synthetic it is proven to work so don't study the red color over the golden
brown its just a marketing gimmick!