Re: [T3] ATF leak

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 14 Aug 2004 at 14:16, Daniel Baum wrote:

> I took the car for another drive this morning and it apparently didn't 
> leak at all, so maybe it was just overful.

I know that my '69 shed quite a bit of ATF over the first fifteen hundred miles 
or so when I drove it to Idaho 2 years ago. We think this was just hot ATF 
getting past the dried-out cork sump gasket. With use, that problem cured 
itself and it didn't leak at all on the return leg.  

I don't think a little overfull should make it leak at all. If it was really 
ATF and coming from inside the bell housing then there are only a very few 
suspects: cracked early TC or leaking TC oil seal. If necessary, that seal is 
easy to replace, once you have the engine out.   

I'm not sure what goes on behind that seal, but I think ATF is pumped there all 
the time the engine is running, so I don't see what difference a change in sump 
level might make.

Keep an eye on it, especially after it's warm.

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