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Ya it's a real weird situation how long until its hot I just usually check it when I go to get gas or when I pull into the driveway after I get home. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [T3] ATF leak > Gamboa, Gary wrote: > >>When I checked the ATF level > > > > > > Did you check the ATF with the car running and in N? > > > > Yes. > > I am fairly sure now that I overfilled it. The crucial little piece of > information that the bottom line is "full when cold" is actually missing > from all the books. They say "check oil when warm and don't fill over > the top line". They don't say how far you have to drive to make it > "warm". Last time I checked, I drove it round the block, left it idling, > and checked the fluid, it looked low - near lower mark, so I added some. > Obviously I hadn't warmed it up enough, so when it is really hot, it's > too high. > > Could overfilling it cause a leak, and if so, would it damage something? > Should I just let it leak until it gets down to the proper level? > > I let it idle again later on, after it had cooled a bit, and it didn't > leak any more. > > > Daniel > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >