Date:         Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:43:42 -0800
Reply-To:     Trooz <trooz@ROADRUNNER.COM>
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From:         Trooz <trooz@ROADRUNNER.COM>
Subject:      Re: AT trans on the way out?
Comments: To: Ron LK Johnson <adhocMedia@COMCAST.NET>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> On Behalf Of Ron LK Johnson
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 1:04 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: AT trans on the way out?
>
> Checked AT fluid level - okay, not cloudy, still red. BTW, how
> serious is an overfill?

I have had mine overfilled three times.  The first two times it was
overfilled by perhaps 3/16 or 1/4 inch on the dipstick.  Both times the
transmission slipped terribly as I was leaving the mechanics--two different
ones.  Both times they insisted that so small an overfill wouldn't cause the
tranny to slip, but both times when they removed the excess ATF--at my
insistence--the tranny no longer slipped.

The last time yet another mechanic overfilled it by an inch or more on the
dipstick.  I removed over a pint of fluid to get it back within the marks
but, surprisingly, there was no slippage this time.

Since I now know how little attention they pay to the admonition DO NOT
OVERFILL in both Bentley and the VW manual I always check it myself after
having it serviced.

Bob Trousdale
'90 Westy
197,000 miles now and still going strong.

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