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On 16 Jul 2001, at 13:32, jesse johnson wrote: > I have this little problem of the crankcase breather cap popping out. > I bought a new one thinking the old one did not snap in real tight. > The new one does the same thing. Does anyone else have this problem? > I checked to make sure that the breather is not clogged and that it > is venting into the air filter and it is, so any hints? You are probably not pushing it down far enough. You have to push these down HARD to get them to snap into position. > Also, i changed my transaxle fluid with amsoil trans fluid and i have > found that it is leaking out of the drivers side drive shaft seal. I > know the level is right at the bottom of the fill hole so trans is > not overfilled. The leak is not terrible but it drips maybe a drip or > two overnight. I am familiar with changing these seals on watercooled > cars and it's a pain because of the spring under the drive flange. Do > the aircooled cars have a spring under there or is there just a > c-clip and that's it? I don't think it is really a spring, but it can be a little hard to get them all the way in to snap the snap ring. The Bentley manual shows a "trick" on how to do this which doesn't look hard at all. I've done it and it was easy, IIRC. > Finally, in the bentley manual it says to fill the oil bath air > filter to the red line. My air filter has no red line! How deep > should the oil be when it is filled correctly? There's a step on the lower outside corner; just fill it to the top of that step. I think it is on the order of 3/8". - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org