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On 31 Jul 2005 at 9:15, Daniel Baum wrote: > What actually happened was that as the oil spread out it appeared that there > was only yellow oil, and an amount of brown stuff, which stayed at the > center of the blot, which I assume is dirt or something from inside the > diff. I doubt if the 2 oils would separate once mixed, since they are both petroleum based oils to start with. I agree with your conclusions above and would have to say that this looks pretty normal and healthy. I SUSPECT that problems with the seal between the AT and the final drive are rare, just because this seal has oil on both sides of it. Thus there's no place for rust to start, so you can't get a rusty surface to abrade away a seal and wear it out. A seal will last almost forever if there is no rust or dirt present, if it is always lubricated, and if the sealing surface is smooth. The seals that give us problems are those which are exposed to the outside world on one side. Unfortunately, this is the most common situation. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~