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Old 11-02-2008, 10:09 PM
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Re: transmission problem

vw transmissions take a special transmission oil. Not the oil that gm (dexron) or ford (mercon) or chrysler (atf+4) use that is red. VW transmission oil is mineral synthetic based fluid and looks like veggie oil that you fry fish in.

If you took your car to a non vw shop they most likely put in dexron (red) fluid and have thus ruined your transmission. But of course they will try to say it needed a transmission before they installed the wrong fluid and say you need to replace the tranny at your cost at their fault.
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