RE: Overfilling

["Wally Green" <coolwally@email.msn.com>]

this is exactly why everyone should change their own oil. The dealer just
cannot be trusted to do it properly. Period. This is the 12th or 13th time
I've heard this horror story.

My car has 51k on it. Haven't seen the stupid dealer since I drove away with
a smile on my face. Yeee-haa!!!!

____________
Wally G.
coolwally@msn.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of Jose Gomez
> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 5:20 PM
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: Overfilling
>
>
> Murray
>
> Re: overfilling your oil, I read somewhere, maybe in the Owner's
> manual that
> the excess  oil could  work it's way to the catalytic converter
> and  damage
> it. To be on the safe side I'd take some of it out or take it back to the
> dealer and make  'them' take some oil out. That  way it is documented in
> case anything were to happen down the line, you're covered.  I heard a cc
> runs a few hundred . FWIW, I had major warranty transmission work
> done on my
> car @ 9k miles and for a few months especially in the cold weather I
> couldn't even shift into second. Cracked synchro's etc...They told me to
> give it time but after about 3k miles I had no choice but to take it back
> The cause of my problem? according to their diagnosis,  they had 'under
> filled' the transmission. They corrected the problem and luckily my tranny
> has been behaving very well ever since. My point? Well, with 43k miles of
> warranty left guess who's going to pay for my next transmission if my
> current one ever decides to take a crap? You guessed it, the
> dealer, no ifs
> ands, or buts.
>
> Jose
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Murray Nesbitt <murrayn@home.com>
> To: jettaglx@igtc.com <jettaglx@igtc.com>
> Cc: 'gtivr6' <gti-vr6@dev.tivoli.com>
> Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 6:34 AM
> Subject: Re: Off-topic: parking lot door ding
>
>
> <snipped>
>
> >Ob-GLX: I had my final scheduled maintenance (30k km.) done at the
> >dealer, and checked the oil afterwards--it's well above the cross-hatch
> >marks on the dipstick.  How concerned should I be that they over-
> >filled it?
> >
> >Murray in Vancouver
> >'97 Black GLX
> >
> >
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