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Re: Diff. fluid

To: Eric Renneisen <renneie@hlthsrc.com>
Subject: Re: Diff. fluid
From: Igor Kessel <e6941tb@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 01:08:15 -0700
CC: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
References: <s40e79f4.087@hlthsrc.com>
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

Eric Renneisen wrote:
> 
> Ian Duff writes:
> >> I can only get 2 of the 3 quarts both Bentley and the <gasp, he
> >> actually *reads* these things?> owner's manual specify when my CQ is
> >> level.
> 
> Phil Payne responds:
> > Then that's it.  Overfill it, and the excess will get shoved out of the
> > seals.  In extreme cases, it can pop a seal.

Yes, it once happened to me after I overfilled the engine with motoroil (by a mere 1L, I 
think).

It has never happened to me when I would overfill the gearbox, tho.



-- 
Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ - 18psi (TAP)
'98 A4TQ - on order
Philadelphia, PA
USA

References:
- Diff. fluid
  - From: Eric Renneisen <renneie@hlthsrc.com>

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