RE: Should I buy a Passat?

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

Is it a fairly simple fix?  What years was this a problem?  After how many
miles does it typically occur?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Night Shadow [mailto:soltwede@privateI.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:48 AM
> To: Daun Yeagley
> Cc: VWMikeLVW@aol.com; aaron@makuta.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Should I buy a Passat?
>
>
>
> > Bottom line, what happens to these transmissions that makes
> > them go bad?
>
> It is a pretty simple problem that really ends up killing the VW
> automatics.  If you are aware of it and take the time to fix it, a VW
> automatic can be quite reliable, slow, but reliable :-).  On the older
> autos the seal between the case and the diff would go bad.
> The diff takes
> a different fluid than ATF, and if ATF mixes in with the diff fluid,
> things stop being lubricated right.  If it stays this way for
> a long time,
> say goodbye to the trans.
>
> Eric
>
> 80 Scirocco (GF's Daily Driver)
> 81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
> 97 Golf Trek (Parts car)
> 00 Golf GL TDI (My Daily Driver)
>
> "For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a perfectly valid
> science."
> -Kelli Fox
>


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