Best way to "flush out" a dirty tranny? HELP!

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

I've seen two trannies that had water inside.
In one the gears were rusted to the extent the gear teeth were pitted. Not good for strength!
In the second water had gotten between the synchro ring and the gear cone. It was bad enough that I
pitched the parts.
So, it might be good and flushable, but it might also be junk.
Maybe pulling the 5th gear cover will give you an indication.
HTH
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <mardak@cogeco.ca>
To: "'scirocco list'" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:21 PM
Subject: Best way to "flush out" a dirty tranny? HELP!


> I bought an FF tranny for cheap recently and I'd like to swap it in for
> all the highway driving I'll be doing in the next month.  The problem is
> that it appears to have been stored outside, without anything covering
> the speedo hole.  Since there was a bunch of leaves and crap all over
> it, I'm assuming some stuff got inside.
>
> How do I flush out the tranny without taking it apart?  I have yet to
> crack a tranny completely open (pretty much the ONLY thing I haven't
> done on a Scirocco) so I'm not sure how much time/effort is required to
> access the guts to directly clean it.
>
> I don't have a bunch of time to completely disassemble it either, so I'm
> looking for a procedure that won't require me to tear it down.  I'm
> replacing all the seals, and removing the 5th gear cover to change the
> throwout bearing.  Would removing all the seals, covers, and drain plugs
> (side and bottom) and then blasting through the various holes with a
> powerwasher, followed by a thorough overfilling and draining (twice?)
> with cheapo gear oil to "rinse" out all the water be a good idea?  (I'd
> turn it  upside down and every-which-way to access all the nooks and
> crannies when rinsing it with oil...)
>
> Would a very small amount of water left over be ok (ie: does the oil in
> the transmission get hot enough to boil off any water remaining - even
> if in just a few "local" high friction areas?)
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions...
>
> Mark.
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> 81
> 81 S  2.0 ABA/JH/4K
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