Oil in my coolant!

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

$8400 for a tranny?  My gawd man.  I dread to see what R32 repair
bills will be like in a few years.



On 3/13/07, Kervin <carsandkites@gmail.com> wrote:
> Back in 99 or so, I got a MK2 Scirocco really cheap because the oil
> cooler/warmer thing started to leak for the PO.  When I looked in the
> expansion tank, it was filled with that Carmel colored gunk we all
> know and love.  It cost me about $100 for oil, coolant, heat exchanger
> and a big bottle of purple power and the car was on the road.  I sold
> the car about a little over a year ago and got a baby benz coupe.  It
> cost about 35 times as much as the Scirocco did (both used).  Last
> week the head Mercedes Tech at work told me to check my vin to see if
> it falls in a "problem" area for my slush box.  Well it did.  I could
> feel a slight roughness under a light load, so I put it in the shop.
> There is a transmission cooler line that had a leak.  The oil pressure
> forced oil into the coolant so my ole' Carmel colored friend was
> hanging out in my expansion tank again.  The car is under warranty so
> it's not costing me anything, but I saw the shop bill today - it's
> going to 100 times more than it was for my Scirocco!  That right, over
> $10,000.  the two big things were a new torque converter ($1600) and a
> new transmission ($8400).  I starting to wonder if the joys of having
> a really nice car are a good trade off for what I'd have to pay if
> something breaks when the warranty is over.
>
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