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On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 16:58, John Benedetto wrote: > --On Friday, April 30, 2004 12:23 PM +0300 Daniel Baum <daniel@type34.info> > wrote: > > > Both ATF and engine oil were somewhat down. I topped up the ATF. When I > > started the engine I noticed it making another little puddle, so I put a > > white board under it. > > Are the VW Auto tranny's the same as 'merican, meaning you should check the > fluid level with the engine running, and completely warmed up? > yes they are. You should check the ATF with the car on level ground and at normal operating temperatures, engine running, with the shift lever in either park or neutral. (and with the emergency brake set. Just for safety.) If you over-fill them, they might leak a little until they get back down where they should be. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org