Re: quattro-digest V3 #992

["Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu>]

> From: Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>

> Well, after mr Cory *ruined* my day by making me wonder if I'd just
> topped off with the wrong fluid, I finally broke down and called
> the dealer. You know, the overpriced guys who sell new cars.
> 
> The parts counter said their cans (which are only marked Audi
> G0020000, not pentosin 7.1 or 11) are the "one and only" that
> they've used from day one on all cars.
> 
> This leads me to believe that it really doesn't matter which
> you use, despite any CYA warning on the pentosin can.

Andrew - we chatted about this a while back, and I think we decided 
that since the type 11 has a higher boiling point, it can be 
considered to be backwards-compatible for the earlier cars.  The 7.1 
should not be used in the type 11 applications for the same reason.

BUT - chances are that since everything efor the last 6+ years uhas 
used type 11, the dealer has exactly that in his/her/their clever 
little code-numbered can.

Or so it seemeth to me, ex cathedra my PC.....
 

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