By mistake one of my friend filled Power steering fluid into the reservoir
instead ATF.  Now he has them mixed in there.  The question is; is it ok to
have them mixed?
Zoltan

-----Original Message-----
From: James
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 8:39 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: A/T changes hard - AT fluid?

About AT fluid - what do people use?  Ours is running on Mobil 1, as per
Frank Condelli's advice,
but one of my colleagues in the auto shop school at the College where I
teach
suggested to me the other day that, as VW originally specified Dexron III in
their ATs,
we might consider the current Dexron VI.  Apparently it's all synthetic,
like Mobil 1, but
he says that in GM transmissions from the era of our Vanagons the Dexron VI
shows
considerable improvement over the Dexron III, especially in the cold and in
very hot
situations - and since it's meant for trannies that used Dexron III, it may
be more specific
to the needs of the AT than Mobil 1 (which in theory replaces Dexron III and
Type F,
even though those two fluids are not the same).

I see Bob uses Redline - anybody else using that?  Anyone tried Dexron VI?

James
Ottawa, ON
'91 Westfalia Weekender

> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 10:03:41 -0700
> From: mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: A/T changes hard
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> This A/T is changing hard in the morning until it warms up.  I don�t have
> > a good idea what to do with it, if any, to have it back to good order.
> > Anyone?
> > Greetings to all in Christmas spirit.
> > Zoltan
>
> My '91 did this when I got it. Once I changed the auto lube to Redline ATF
> and the screen, it shifted completely differently (meaning that there was
> no
> difference between cold weather start-up shifting vs warmed up shifting
> no matter time of year). After that change, if shifted quickly and crisply
> even in very cold weather (single digit temps) start-ups.
>
> Bob
                                          =