Very interesting.  sounds like he is saying to leave the cooler off
altogether?  Is the Tranny OK with that in a Vanagon?  My tranny is toasted
and has not been right since I got the van.  That said, I feel like it
shifts way too soon.  It will be in 3rd by 25mph under fairly normal
driving.  I have no tach either, but it just feels like it is almost
lugging the engine.  The engines in the Golfs and Jettas are more high
revving, so I could see them set to shift at higher rpms.
Edward

At 08:10 PM 3/9/2003, you wrote:
>
> > > gives a real nice description.  Only a few '90-'92 golf /Jetta tranny's
> > came
> > > with oil coolers, So you can try and find one, however, much more
> > > expensive... I always use the regular ones without and leave the cooler
> > > lines attached to the cooler and secure it in, because you'll have no
>bolt
> > > holes on the Golf /Jetta trany's to thread them into.  I've been told by
> > > many you can't do this.  They may be right, however, they also told me
> > > they'd never actually  tried it.  We've done 8 here that have over
>50,000
> > > miles on since the change and one with over 132,000 and counting.  The
> > valve