>>I changed my tranny oil in my '78 bus because I didn't know the >>history of the bus. By the looks of the drain plugs I'd say they >>had never been changed. Yes there is a magnet on the drain plug, >>but mine looked like Bart Simpsons hair do when I removed it - >>quit a lot of metal bits were attached. When I put in the new oil, >>which was most definitely correct and by the book oil, the tranny >>was always stiff in first and second gears until the whole lot > >I had the EXACT same problem when I changed the fluid in my SO's BMW just >after she bought it (the car, not the farm) I changed it again a few weeks >later and used 80/90 instead of 85/140, and the problem went away. >
Me too, on an '85 vanagon, but for stupid reasons, I used the right grade oil, 80/90 Castrol, but in reading Bentley noticed for my year there was a half-litre less oil in the tranny than previous years. Claimed it was to ease shifting effort. Since I was about to tow 2000lbs 900 miles I wanted MY tranny 'full' so I put in the missing half-litre. Some poking of the shift lever and a good grunch got me from 1st to 2nd and so on. Guess you should heed the manual from time to time. Siphoned out the excess and things became easier. I still can't believe that should happen, after all it's only a bit of oil....... tim s.
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