[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On 26 Apr 2004 at 12:03, Aaron Clow wrote: > 2) I didn't believe that "oil used for cooling" was an issue, and > therefore the ability of oil to "carry" heat away wasn't an issue, > although when I asked here on the list what is used to cool the AT, I > didn't get an answer. The AT does get hot, and the ATF is the medium that is expected to carry the heat away. There are fins on the torque converter where the heat is expelled. The ATF circulating in and out of the torque converter carrys that heat. I suspect that either kind works just fine. > The result has been fine so far. Shifts are very very smooth, but I > honestly don't notice any perceptual difference between the synthetic > and normal fluid. Exactly as I would expect. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org