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In a message dated 10/12/98 9:14:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jadney@vwtype3.org writes: > Put your car in N; if the idle problem is > still there, then it has nothing to do with the AT. it idles fine in neutral > A dirty air distributor is normal, and a certain amount of oil in the line to the > VM is also normal; this is condensation of vapors from the air > distributor. If there is a lot of gunk in there, wash it out, or > replace the hose. The VM is only a suspect if you consistently get > obviously red ATF running out when you pull the hose off the VM there's always a good bit of dirty fluid in here - seems a lot more like ATF than oil. as a temporary measure, i've put an inline fuel filter in this line to at least prevent too much fluid getting into the air distributor. > It will need to be adjusted. While the best way is by the book, you > may be able to get by on trial and error. If it is adjusted wrong, > both upshifts and downshifts will be wrong, and this can be hard on > the tranny. i think i'll try and get one from a junkyard; assuming it's not broken too, it should pretty much be a straight swap, correct? have been reading bentley this week and it seems like i could do the adjustment if i had to get a new one. > Signs of a misadjusted VM are shifting at too high or too low a > speed. Slow shifts with lots of slipping are sometimes due to a worn > out ATF pump, but could be caused by a clogged ATF filter screen. i sometimes have a bit of slipping as i start off when the car is cold. maybe the atf has never been changed in 161k miles? something to do when i replace the VM. thanks Jim sonny ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/