I know better than to generalize from personal experience, but all I'm
saying is that overfilling by a small amount DID cause a shifting problem in
my van.  Twice.  Removed excess fluid; shifting problem went away.  Twice.

Bob Trousdale
'90 Westy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> On Behalf Of Tom Hargrave
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 7:34 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Auto Transmission Fail (Pics)
>
> Over or under filling a small amount won't cause a problem.
>
> But what will happen is a transmission will run low then air
> will be sucked
> into the system, causing foaming. Then the foam will cause a
> incorrect high
> reading on the dip stick.
>
> Tom
> www.towercooler.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]
> On Behalf Of
> Edward Maglott
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 8:45 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Auto Transmission Fail (Pics)
>
> I noticed that when I first checked the level (after driving
> a couple miles,
> engine temp gauge up to it's normal range) that the ATF on
> the dipstick had
> small bubbles in it.  After driving about that same amount
> again, the level
> was still the same but no bubbles.  Maybe the level too high
> causes the ATF
> to get whipped up by something until operation drops the level and the
> bubbles get worked out?
> Edward
>
>
>
> At 11:14 PM 7/17/2010, Trooz wrote:
> >I've had that happen twice.  Both times the two different mechanics
> >insisted that overfilling such a minute amount wouldn't
> cause shifting
> problems.
> >Both times, after insisting that they drain some fluid, the tranny
> >worked fine.  The first time it was barely over the full mark; the
> >second time it was *way* over the full mark.
> >
> >Bob Trousdale
> >'90 Westy
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
> > > On Behalf Of Robert Fisher
> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:35 PM
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Subject: Re: Auto Transmission Fail (Pics)
> > >
> > > If mine was even slightly over filled it wouldn't shift right when
> > > cold. It seemed to do best just under the top mark (of course it's
> > > hard to be that precise).
> > >
> > > On Jul 16, 2010 8:16 AM, "Edward Maglott"
> <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On mine which has the "new style" dipstick:  cold was
> 126mm or about
> > > 5" from the tip of the dipstick.  Hot it was 2" which is a little
> > > over the top mark.  Maybe that will get you in the ballpark.
> > > (That's the way I got it back from the rebuilder, I know it
> > > shouldn't be above the top mark... and it's going back
> today because
> > > it still is not shifting right when cold.) Edward
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 09:49 AM 7/16/2010, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That is the pump shaft. This is usually caused by ...
> > >
>