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Re: [T3] AT Service


On 26 Apr 2004 at 14:26, Gamboa, Gary wrote:

> As I was having a couple new tires put on my
> car, I asked if this particular shop did tranny
> oil changes. They then pitched me a service
> involving a "new" machine they have that is
> designed remove all the metal debris in your
> oil and tranny. They then replace with synthetic
> AT oil. Costs is $199.00.
> 
> Anyone know of this process? Is synthetic
> AT oil safe/beneficial for our cars?

They may be able to pump filtered ATF thru the AT while it is running, thus 
cleaning out suspended stuff in there that a regular drain and fill would miss, 
but there is seldom much stuff in our ATs, so I don't see much point. At this 
price, I'd say that it verges on rediculous.

Mineral oil works just fine here. Synthetic may be "better," but I can't 
imagine what kind of improvement you might see when the mineral oil works this 
well.

I'd pass.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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