Date:         Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:24:28 -0800
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Organization: The Cobalt Group
Subject:      Re: Tranny oil change: How to *not* do it.
Comments: To: Martin Jagersand <vwjag@HAMMER.CS.JHU.EDU>
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Martin,

Vanagon trannies are vented and should not build up any pressure, your
vent must have been plugged.  I don't have the Bentley in front of me,
but if you feel up around the top of the tranny you should find a raised
plastic cap that covers the vent hole.  Check it when you change the
fluid to make sure there is not a build up of dirt here.

If pressure builds up too high for too long you will eventually blow oil
past the seals, not a good thing!

Martin Jagersand wrote:
>
> I was startled when suddenly the plug flew out of my hand, followed
> by a jet stream of hot tranny oil soaking me completely. Took me
> precious seconds to roll out of the way of the oil shower and
> manuever the drain pan in my place.
>
> All soaked I contemplated my mistake. It had been a cold, crisp morning
> when I test opened the fill plug. At that point I had pressure equalized
> the tranny to the high denstiy of the cold morning air. Plugging the
> tranny back up and driving it to the aut store had heated it up
> from maybe 5C to 50-60C. Normally the trannies are supposed to pressure
> equalize slowly, but apparently not this one. Hence when I opened the
> drain plug the oil was under pressure.
>

> Cheers,
> Martin
> --
> Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel
> Quantum 1.6l Turbo Diesel
>
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>
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>
> Martin Jagersand                 email: vwjag@hammer.cs.jhu.edu
> Computer Science Department
> Johns Hopkins University
>
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>           WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw
> -------------------------------------------------------------------


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