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On 29 Apr 2004 at 23:39, Daniel Baum wrote: > Since I wrote my last message, I went and had a whiff of GL-5 and ATF, and I > actually think that the leak smells more like ATF+crud that GL-5+crud. I'll > still open up the diff hole, just in case. ATF is much more likely, and that may actually stop once you've driven it a bit and warmed everything up. > As to where it's coming from, I don't know yet. Do you have to drain the ATF > before removing the governor cover? In other words, will loads of ATF flood > out if I don't? I have a full set of gaskets for an auto-tranny, so I assume > the governor-cover O-ring will be in there. There will be very little ATF under the cover once the engine is stopped. Expect to just see a few drops as the cover comes off. No need to drain, but do this with cleanliness. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org