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On 16 Sep 2004 at 8:52, Steven Cooper wrote: > As it's time to replace the ATF , I was thinking of using a synthetic fluid. > > Is it worth the extra expense? As ATF change intervals are quite long I > thought it may be worth while. > Are there any compatibility issues between synthetic and mineral based ATF? > ie is it necessary to completely drain the trans and torque converter? I doubt if there are any compatability issues, but I don't see that there's any advantage either. Do they advertise some advantage? At this point I don't see why I would want to spend more to replace a product that seemed perfectly adequate. OTOH, I'd be happy to be educated about any differences. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~