Re: O' Happy Day

[David Kim <glxvr6@ibm.net>]

George,

'A/T' stands for automatic transmission.

Hope this helps,

David Kim
1997 Vento GLX



> 
> and the almighty A/T....
> I am a little slow.....but what does this mean???
> geo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Schleusner <b-schleusner@ti.com>
> To: gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com <gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com>; jettaglx@igtc.COM <jettaglx@igtc.COM>
> Date: Friday, July 24, 1998 7:54 AM
> Subject: O' Happy Day
> 
> Everyone has listened to my continous woeful tale
> of my GLX running hot here in the cool climate of
> Dallas, so I would like to update everyone and maybe
> provide some information to others.
> 
> Took the GLX in for her 10K checkup and discussed with
> the service advisor my concern that the auxiliary coolant
> pump appears to be inoperative.  To make a long story
> short, it seems that my fan control module went TU and
> both the pump and the fan high speed (level 3) were not
> working.  The water temp hasn't gone beyond vertical now
> for two days even in stop-and-go 103F traffic.  I can also
> hear the fan blowing big time when the AC is on.  Never
> noticed that before.
> 
> I thought the auxiliary coolant pump only operated after
> the car was shut off.  What purpose would this serve when
> the mechanical water pump is pushing water like crazy? I
> don't care, my car is now running perfectly normal, and
> even the oil temps have somewhat decreased.
> 
> BTW, the service department used my Mobil 1, and didn't
> charge VWOA on the invoice for oil.  They did, on the
> other hand, say they rotated the tires, but all they did
> was Armor-all them, life is not perfect.
> 
> Later gang,
> 
> Bill Schleusner 97GLX "cool running edition"
> K&N (modded airbox), oil cooler, Garret v.06, no DRLs,
> VR6 badgeless, tinted (of course), Candy White, Biber,
> waiting for the GAs to expire, CD changer,
> and the almighty A/T. (Save your smartass comments)