Good advice to remember and always get a 2nd opinion(for us new guys, more
is not always better[if my wife only agreed:<)]) Michael.

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Trooz <trooz@roadrunner.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> > On Behalf Of Ron LK Johnson
> > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 1:04 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: AT trans on the way out?
> >
> > Checked AT fluid level - okay, not cloudy, still red. BTW, how
> > serious is an overfill?
>
> I have had mine overfilled three times.  The first two times it was
> overfilled by perhaps 3/16 or 1/4 inch on the dipstick.  Both times the
> transmission slipped terribly as I was leaving the mechanics--two
> different
> ones.  Both times they insisted that so small an overfill wouldn't cause
> the
> tranny to slip, but both times when they removed the excess ATF--at my
> insistence--the tranny no longer slipped.
>
> The last time yet another mechanic overfilled it by an inch or more on the
> dipstick.  I removed over a pint of fluid to get it back within the marks
> but, surprisingly, there was no slippage this time.
>
> Since I now know how little attention they pay to the admonition DO NOT
> OVERFILL in both Bentley and the VW manual I always check it myself after
> having it serviced.
>
> Bob Trousdale
> '90 Westy
> 197,000 miles now and still going strong.
>
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--
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'