Date:         Fri, 14 Nov 2003 20:38:24 -0500
Reply-To:     John Meeks <jmeeks@GASLIGHTMEDIA.COM>
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From:         John Meeks <jmeeks@GASLIGHTMEDIA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Redline MT-90 Winter Weather Advisory
Comments: To: tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
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Tom and All,

  >how much of it can you actually get out
  >of the tranny percentagewise in one pass?

The Bentley shows my tranny capacity as 3.2 qts. Unfortunately I did not
measure the amount that drained from the gearbox. If someone else uses this
jacking sequence and does measure the drainage, please post it as a comment
to the article.

My gut feeling is that I drained almost all the oil. After it stopped
draining at level, jacking up the front yielded a lot more old oil.

My fill method didn't allow any precise method for measuring input either. I
just filled it till it poured out the fill  hole. Whatever is in the hose
and funnel gets wasted. I used 4.3 quarts at US$7.65/qt.

If anyone has a better method or more quantitative data I'll be happy to
post it on the website.

John Meeks
Top of Lower Michigan
91 Westfalia MultiVan

Vanagon Rescue Squad
http://vw.upnorth.net?catid=74



  >-----Original Message-----
  >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
  >Of tom ring
  >Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:41 PM
  >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  >Subject: Re: Redline MT-90 Winter Weather Advisory
  >
  >
  >When you change the oil, how much of it can you actually get out
  >of the tranny
  >percentagewise in one pass?
  >
  >Similarly, do you need to do more than one change to get enough
  >of a percentage
  >of the new oil, or is one change enough?
  >
  >And what did you end up spending?
  >
  >I ask since I haven't messed with this VW tranny, just the
  >Rabbit/Golf/Scirroco
  >series.
  >
  >thanks
  >tom
  >
  >
  >On 13 Nov 2003 at 23:19, John Meeks wrote:
  >
  >> Vanagonauts,
  >> Just a quick report on my switch to MT-90. I changed over from
  >dino oil in
  >> my 91 manual trans Multivan about 5 weeks ago. I have since
  >been pleasantly
  >> surprised on the few mornings in the 20 degree Fahrenheit
  >range to find the
  >> gearbox shifting like on a summer day.
  >>
  >
  >
  >------
  >Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
  >85 Westphalia GL Albert
  >96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
  >taring@taring.org
  >
  >"It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to
  >go into a turn fast
  >and come out dead." Stirling Moss
  >