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You checked the atf level with it running and hot right? If not it would be overfilled and cause this problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:58 AM Subject: [T3] ATF leak > Hi all, > > I took the car for an approx 20km drive this evening, after a tune-up. > After I got back, I stopped to tweak the idle speed a bit, and noticed a > big puddle of ATF collecting under the car. It seems to be coming off > the torque converter, but I can't be sure. > > When I checked the ATF level, it actually seemed to be a bit high. Does > it go up when the oil gets hot or something? Is it possible that > overfilling it could cause a leak like this? It seems to leak most when > the engine is on. > > Could something have come loose? (I may be imagining this, but something > seemed to be rattling nearby) What should I check before taking > everything apart? > > > Thanks, > > > Daniel > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >