Re: [T3] Passed test - good and bad news (addendum)

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 20 May 2005, at 23:26, Russ Wolfe wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 23:21, Jim Adney wrote:

> > On 20 May 2005, at 9:49, Daniel Baum wrote:

> > > The actual torque converter seems to be quite dry. Hopefully this
> > > means it's not cracked.
> > 
> > If the TC seal were the culprit, I'd expect the TC to be soaked.
> 
> The torque converts have a tendency to throw off the oil under
> centrifugal force. They usually are dry. I doubt if it is the
> converter tho. 

I agree that the centrifugal force would throw off any excess, but I'd 
still expect the surface to not be dry. I could imagine, however, that 
it might be impossible to tell the difference between a totally dry TC 
and one with a thin clean oil film on it.

-
Jim Adney
Madison, WI USA

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