Oil in my coolant!

[carsandkites at gmail.com (Kervin)]

Chris -
  It is a bit frightening.  My car was only about $30K when new so the
tranny stuff is 1/3 of that!

Dan -
  My warrenty is over at the end of this year, my wrenching start
again after that.  Hmmm...smaller charger pulley, ecu flash, and a
exhaust will get me to smiling hp levels.

Brendan-
  We have another one in the shop today for the same thing.  At least
I'll have some new parts on my car.


On 3/13/07, David Winchell, II <xavsbud@sprynet.com> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Shush with that kind of talking...  They may hear you and then were in
> trouble....
>
> Dave
>
> David L Winchell, II
> 84 Scirocco BBS G60 Turbo
> 80 Scirocco S
> 04 .:R32 DBP
> 04 Mini Cooper S
> 00 Silverado EXT Cab
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bennett [mailto:scirocco16vr32@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 2:23 PM
> To: Kervin
> Cc: Org, Scirocco
> Subject: Re: Oil in my coolant!
>
> $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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