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On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 23:08, Aaron Clow wrote: > Russ Wolfe wrote: > > >>>Yep. Check this out: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1064342 > >>> > >>>"Normal" wear, at least according to modern VW specs. How else would they > >>>explain the existence of "lifetime" fluids otherwise? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >A friend of mine owns one of the bigger independent transmission shops > >in the midwest. He told me once that if people changed their tranny > >fluid every 30K miles, it would put him out of business. > > > Wish I'd have known that before my Jetta transmission died at 130K. Ugh. > Aamco's "dirty little secret." :) > My '71 has over 200K on the automatic trans. But the fluid gets changed every 30K miles. The wifes KIA with 100K drive train warranty, requires that the fluid gets changed every 30K. And the dealer tells you that the 30K maintenance will cost almost $500. They change all fluids, in a 4 wheel drive. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~