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Date:         Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:10:55 -0800
Reply-To:     aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
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From:         aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Getting a sample of the diff oil?
Comments: To: Roger VanTill <motelvw@GMAIL.COM>
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Fill plug is on the Left side just fwd of the CV joint if I do recall..Typical VW 17mm allen head Daryl of AA Transaxle 425-788-4070 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger VanTill" <motelvw@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 12:41 PM Subject: Re: Getting a sample of the diff oil?

>I believe there's a big allen head plug on the passenger side of the diff > for filling. Unscrew that and there should be fluid up to the hole. You > can > get some tubing in there and siphon a little out otherwise. > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Rocket J Squirrel < > camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As my reader will know, my mechanic suspects that there might be a leak >> between the tranny and the differential on account of the level of oil in >> the differential has been dropping, and the fluid in the (automatic) >> transmission looks a bit discolored. >> >> If there is a leak, it's Bad News. >> >> One way to investigate this is to separate the two and inspect/replace >> seals. The quote I got for that is $350 to $400. >> >> Dennis Haynes suggested an alternate approach: get an oil analysis done >> to >> see if the two lubricants are getting contaminated with each other. >> That's >> $10 for the kit, postage extra. >> >> This strikes me as a more affordable approach. >> >> Bentley's doesn't show (that I can find) where the filler plug of the >> differential is. So my question is: what's the easiest way to get a few >> drops of differential oil out of the thing? Special tools needed? >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) >> Bend, OR >> KG6RCR >>


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