[A4] '99 1.8T w/ Tiptronic Not Up-shifting

[Rocky Mullin]

	there's a great shop here in san francisco.  you buy a membership
(super cheap) and rent service bays for next to nothing.  if you're at a
loss at any point in a task, you can hire a mechanic.  it's the normal
mechanic's rate, but you get to pay in five minute increments.  they also
give auto repair classes.

	http://www.sanfranciscoautorepaircenter.qpg.com/

At 9:48 PM -0500 9/30/06, Richard Andrews wrote:
>I understand your feeling on someone else touching your vehicle.
>I am fortunate enough to have worked at a Kwik Kar locally as a mechanic for
>several years.
>I am still able to use their facilities and do my own work with their
>equipment
>I was able to perform the service myself with the professional equipment!
>You might want to find someone to do the filter that works on german autos,
>then try to find someone with a wynn's
>transmission flush machine and Multi-vehicle ATF to perform the flush.
>
>Whenever I flush it i go overboard and use approx 16 quarts in the machine
>to get rid of any old fluid left.
>I hope your problems get resolved, the thought of my tiptronic transmission
>failing scare the daylights out of me.
>This is why I flush my fluid every 20k miles, plus it only costs me $100 to
>do so.
>
>I don't have a couple grand sitting idle to replace/rebuild my current unit.
>
>HTH,
>
>-Richard
>
>
>On 9/30/06, Doug Johnson <ur-quattro at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>   Thank you, Richard!
>>  I'm in a rental house now, and I wonder if I could find an independent
>>  shop to flush the tranny and replace the filter.
>>  The thought of putting faith in a transmission shop scares the life out of
>>  me, though!
>>
>>   ~ Doug
>>
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *From:* Richard Andrews [mailto:richard.j.andrews at gmail.com]
>>  *Sent:* Saturday, September 30, 2006 11:18 AM
>>  *To:* Doug Johnson; a4 at audifans.com
>>  *Subject:* Re: [A4] '99 1.8T w/ Tiptronic Not Up-shifting
>>
>>  Doug, I've had my tip since 80k miles and have changed the filter once and
>>  flushed the trans 3 times now.
>>  For the first flush I used OEM fluid from worldimpex @ $9 per quart.
>>
>>  I changed the filter and used a Wynn's transmission flush machine.
>>
>>  The car shifted like new.
>>
>>  I decided to flush it again 20k later, this time I used Pennzoil
>>  Mutli-vehicle fluid.
>>  This stuff is around $3 per quart.
>>
>>  Transmission still worked great.
>>
>>  Just flushed the transmission again last week with the Pennzoil
>>  Multi-vehicle ATF.
>>  Car shifts a little smoother again.
>>
>>  I've made it from 80k - 160k with no transmission issue (knock on wood)
>>  I hope to see 250k-300k out of my Tip
>>
>>  There is a writeup on the transmission service the link is:
>>  http://www.taligentx.com/passat/maintenance/atfchange/
>>
>>  Do the filter AND the flush, you won't regret it!
>>
>>  -Richard
>>
>>
>>  On 9/29/06, Doug Johnson <ur-quattro at msn.com> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > Does a cold 1.8T engine keep the Tip from up-shifting?
>>  >
>>  > I drive only five miles to work, and I find myself slapping the shift
>>  > lever
>>  > to the manual position in order to get the car into top gear.
>>  >
>>  > Of course, then I'll stop at a traffic signal and end up trying to get
>>  > out
>>  > of peoples' way with the car in a higher gear than I expect.
>>  >
>>  > So...am I in for expen$ive transmission service? :-)
>>  >
>>  > Thanks,
>>  >
>>  > ~ Doug
>>  >
>>  >
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>>  Richard J. Andrews
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