On the ACW tranny, the air hole is just to the left, (front is front),
of the upper left M8 bolt that holds the gear carrier housing to the
tranny housing.

-Dana-

Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>
> Martin,
>
> Vanagon trannies are vented and should not build up any pressure, your
> vent must have been plugged.  I don't have the Bentley in front of me,
> but if you feel up around the top of the tranny you should find a raised
> plastic cap that covers the vent hole.  Check it when you change the
> fluid to make sure there is not a build up of dirt here.
>
> If pressure builds up too high for too long you will eventually blow oil
> past the seals, not a good thing!
>
> Martin Jagersand wrote:
> >
> > I was startled when suddenly the plug flew out of my hand, followed
> > by a jet stream of hot tranny oil soaking me completely. Took me
> > precious seconds to roll out of the way of the oil shower and
> > manuever the drain pan in my place.
> >
> > All soaked I contemplated my mistake. It had been a cold, crisp morning
> > when I test opened the fill plug. At that point I had pressure equalized
> > the tranny to the high denstiy of the cold morning air. Plugging the
> > tranny back up and driving it to the aut store had heated it up
> > from maybe 5C to 50-60C. Normally the trannies are supposed to pressure
> > equalize slowly, but apparently not this one. Hence when I opened the
> > drain plug the oil was under pressure.
> >
>
> > Cheers,
> > Martin
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