[V8] Cheap tranny fix....well kinda

[Ron Wainwright]

Which brings the question.... did the 4.2 cars require any additional trans fluid cause of the extra trans cooler?

 Ron


--- On Wed, 3/4/09, Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] Cheap tranny fix....well kinda
> To: ron_01056 at yahoo.com
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 12:34 PM
> Well, Ron.  I was just thinking the 4 qts thing would work
> fine for the 90 (before leaks).  But I don't think that
> works on the later cars with the additional trans coolers. 
> I thought the additional trans cooler might lead to more
> fluid coming out and more needing to be added than the 4 qt
> rule of thumb.
> 
> 
> On Mar 4, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Ron Wainwright wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Ingo, you sure you didn't take a bump on the ol
> knoggin???....LOL Good "ol" Tom has a 90 V8...
> & a 93 V8 aka (the DEAAAAALLLL of the CENTURRRRRRRy)
> > 
> >  Ron Mit nothing else to do today ;-)
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 3/4/09, Ingo Rautenberg
> <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Ingo Rautenberg
> <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [V8] Cheap tranny fix....well kinda
> >> To: "toml99 at todomundo.com"
> <toml99 at todomundo.com>, v8-bounces at audifans.com,
> "V8List Fans" <v8 at audifans.com>
> >> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 12:25 PM
> >> Tom,
> >> 
> >> Refresh my memory. What year is your V8?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Ingo Rautenberg
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: "toml99 at todomundo.com"
> >> <toml99 at todomundo.com>
> >> 
> >> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 09:19:25
> >> To: v8audi<v8 at audifans.com>
> >> Subject: [V8] Cheap tranny fix....well kinda
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Hey, since I've been driving the pearl car
> around a bit
> >> lately,
> >> noticed that the tranny wasn't "kicking
> down"
> >> and that sport mode did
> >> nothing....When I got it, I had drained out the
> pan and put
> >> 4 quarts
> >> in.  Thinking at least I was going to have to do
> the
> >> complete filter
> >> change/etc.  Well I just pulled the dipstick out
> of the
> >> blue car to
> >> check, and it was 1.5 quarts low.....Shifts
> flawlessly
> >> now.....Now
> >> just have to find out where it's all
> leaking...Tom
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