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On 14 Aug 2004 at 14:16, Daniel Baum wrote: > I took the car for another drive this morning and it apparently didn't > leak at all, so maybe it was just overful. I know that my '69 shed quite a bit of ATF over the first fifteen hundred miles or so when I drove it to Idaho 2 years ago. We think this was just hot ATF getting past the dried-out cork sump gasket. With use, that problem cured itself and it didn't leak at all on the return leg. I don't think a little overfull should make it leak at all. If it was really ATF and coming from inside the bell housing then there are only a very few suspects: cracked early TC or leaking TC oil seal. If necessary, that seal is easy to replace, once you have the engine out. I'm not sure what goes on behind that seal, but I think ATF is pumped there all the time the engine is running, so I don't see what difference a change in sump level might make. Keep an eye on it, especially after it's warm. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~