[Vwdiesel] Re: Need info: 1987 audi 5000 s, gas

[weasel]

Thanks for the great info guys.  I will be calling the guy this week to see
if the car is still for sale.  If all is good, we ( my fiancée and I ) will
most likely buy it.


----- Original Message -----
From: <LBaird119 at aol.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Re: Need info: 1987 audi 5000 s, gas


> > The N-S(north-south) Audi auto tranny was a transaxle, i.e., with common
> >  housing for tranny and diff. However, the diff and tranny used
different
> >  fluids. The tranny used typical auto stuff, the diff used typical
hypoid
> >  oil. There was a seal that separated the trans from the diff. This seal
> >  was notorious for failing, filling the diff with auto tranny fluid.
> >  Expensive to fix.
>
>   All of them I've seen had a two piece configuration.  The Automatic is
> kind of like a roundish, big game cube!  It hangs off the back of the
> diff.  A friend had done many of them and I think he said he can have
> them off in something like a half hour or 45 minutes!  Then he explained
> that was just the transmission and not the whole transaxle.
>   The seals were problematic on some of the cars.  It's actually two
> seals.  One pointed one way and the other turned 180.  The problem is
> they're both installed into one housing, with little room to work and one
> usually gets pressed in a little off or the seal surface gets damaged when
> going over the shaft.
>   He really poo-pooed the unintended acceleration thing but on one
occasion
> had a 5000 engine suddenly wind way up then drop back, while he was
> working under the hood!  He'd done nothing to cause it, it just did it on
> it's
> own!  He still believes 99.9% of the cases were from stepping on the gas
> though.
>      Loren
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