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On 31 May 2004 at 22:29, Daniel Baum wrote: > On the subject of AT; mine seems to be a bit overfull. > > Can this damage anything? Should I try to drain some off, or just wait > for it to leak back to the right level? You will get a bunch of replies that assure you that this will destroy the AT, but I see no reason why this would happen. The AT case, just like the MT case is vented, so you really can't build up pressure in there, which is what most people will tell you will happen. If the fluid gets WAY high, then you'll start to dissipate energy in churning the ATF around, but I don't think this will happen if the level is at all close. Remember that checking the ATF level must be done with the engine running. The level will be lower then, because all the AT passageways will be filled with ATF. When you shut the engine off, the ATF all drains into the sump and the level rises. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org