Re: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OIL!!!!!

[SgtPeper <sgtpeper@eagle.ais.net>]

Dont worry about little old me
I filled the car up with tranny oil and tighten some bolts...  Tomarrow I
will see if it is leaking or not.....  THANX for the help

Jeff
'87 Scirocco <----So far sold as a rock
'88 Cabriolet <--- Back in the Garage.
'85 Vanagon <----- FOR SALE MAKE ME ANY OFFER!!!

On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Brett VanSprewenburg wrote:

> 
> > 
> > On Tue, 4 Nov 1997 18:39:10 -0600 (CST) SgtPeper <sgtpeper@eagle.ais.net>
> > writes:
> > 
> > > IT WAS TRANNY OIL!!!!!! 
> > >Anyways I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to where it could be
> > >slowly leaking from????
> > >
> > >Owell
> > >.............................
> > >Jeff
> > 
> > I sincerely hope I am wrong, BUT, it definitely sounds like the dreaded
> > "Self Machine Syndrome". Your tranny has machined a piece into the bell
> > housing and its leaked fluid all over the clutch and run out the bottom.
> > This sucks because as Rick found out, the only way to fix it is basically
> > a total rebuild or, buy another used tranny and hope it don't do the same
> > thing.
> > On the brighter side, you can only leak about 2.1 quarts of fluid which
> > sounds like you probably already did that so, at least you can now park
> > it in the garage if need be. Im damned sorry to hear about your problems
> > on this. With a little luck, im completely wrong on this and its
> > something else that easy to fix.  
> > 
> > 
> >               Shawn Meze
> 
> I would tend to believe that Shawn is correct except for the fact that
> VW stopped using the idiotic 'enlarged' rivet, and went back to the
> retaining clip for the 16v transmission pinion shaft.  Now, it is
> possible that his car got a transplant from a suspect year/model...
> What's the transmission code (found on a small flat plate at the bottom,
> it's really dirty so scrub it a little).  I'm not saying that the
> dreaded SMS isn't possible, just a whole lot less likely due to the
> hugely more effective retaining clip on the tranny pinion shaft.
> 
> 
> ==Brett
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