Understood but my opinion is the same, even for a manual. Auto or manual - it's a closed system that we tend to ignore until something goes south. In a manual it will be the sound of bearings going away. In an auto, you'll burn out high gear when the pump sucks air and the piston looses pressure on a hill. Then you will pay big time for repairs or a good used replacement.
But like another list member mentioned, clean everything first then wait & see what get wet. Maybe you'll be lucky and isolate everything down to one easily repaired source.
Tom www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com
From: pickle vanagon [mailto:greenvanagon@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 2:09 PM To: Tom Hargrave Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Subject: Re: acceptable transmission leakage?
I should have clarified, this is a manual transmission.
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote: Wes, There is no amount of "acceptable leakage" in a automatic transmission because any leakage will eventually leave you stranded somewhere. Tom www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of pickle vanagon Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 12:40 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: acceptable transmission leakage? Since we're moving to the city in a couple months, I'm trying to figure out the high priority things I need to do before the move, since doing major work on the van will be pretty difficult for the next few years. One potential issue is what seems to be a very slow seepage of transmission fluid. I've put up pictures at the links below. It generally just seems "wet", and, although some drops seem to collect in places on the transmission, the ground underneath the van is always 100% dry. My sense is that this is best left alone, and that my time is better spent finishing the seam rust project, and other things. What do other people think? Thanks! Wes pictures: http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12237.JPG <http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/%7Ewes/tmp/SDC12237.JPG> http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12238.JPG <http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/%7Ewes/tmp/SDC12238.JPG> http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12239.JPG <http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/%7Ewes/tmp/SDC12239.JPG> http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12240.JPG <http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/%7Ewes/tmp/SDC12240.JPG> http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12241.JPG <http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/%7Ewes/tmp/SDC12241.JPG> http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12242.JPG <http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/%7Ewes/tmp/SDC12242.JPG> http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~wes/tmp/SDC12243.JPG <http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/%7Ewes/tmp/SDC12243.JPG> |
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