Re: 16v tranny self machine question

[Brett P VanSprewenburg <brettv@rocketmail.com>]

I have posted an extensive answer to this question on scirocco.org.  Look
under the FAQ link, Drive Train section.

==Brett




---Captnbr@aol.com wrote:
>
> I have heard a lot about this lately.  OK, exactly what happens in the
tranny 
> when this happens?  My rocco has aprox 150,000 miles on it and I pray that 
> this will never happen.  Can you tell it is going to happen before hand, are 
> there any signs that it is about to happen?  I consider myself to have an 
> excellent tranny for its age, No grinding, smooth shifting, syncros seem 
> good. is there anything that can be done to prevent it, like frequent oil 
> change.
> 
> To those who have had this happen to them, what fluid were you using?  Were 
> you using Red line?  I have heard people swear by Red line that it makes the 
> shifting real smooth and I have also heard it can cause problems later down 
> the road.  I have not done the switch yet.
> 
> What type of driving do you do., city, Highway, balls to the wall at every 
> light, never reving past 5000.  I am just trying to correlate these things
to 
> see if it can be prevented.
> 
> Brian 86 16v
> Knocking on wood right now 
> 
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