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| ws91420 |
 Mar 9 2010, 07:11 PM
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Yes I have one a Lensley 914  Group: Members Posts: 2,063 Joined: 10-September 03 From: Ruther Glen,VA (halfway between sticks and civilization) Member No.: 1,137 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
I am looking at a Cabrio and have a couple of questions about problems it has.
It is a 2.0 automatic and when you start it you have to let it idle 20-30 min before you even try puttung in drive or reverse and when you do it slams in gear. Also does the same driving shifting between gears. The car has 115k and runs okay otherwise. Should I run away or are these thing possibly an easy fix ie: no major transmission work. Also the trans seems to be a sealed system how do you check fluid level and condition? |
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| ghuff |
Mar 9 2010, 07:18 PM
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This is certainly not what I expected down here. Group: Members Posts: 849 Joined: 21-May 09 From: Bodymore Murderland Member No.: 10,389 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
You have the split year later trans, that the 99-2000 cars have. It requires 20$ a quart fluid, and you need to pull the inner drain plug at a certain temp, and it should drip over and out at that temp.
My wife had one, I 5spd swapped the car and got rid of the garbage auto. That thing will give you nothing but problems, swap it to a 5spd and reprogram the ECU. The 5spds last decent and are all over junkyards. The 5spd you need is from a MK2 or mk3 with 100mm CV flanges. |
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| ws91420 |
Mar 9 2010, 08:25 PM
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Yes I have one a Lensley 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,063 Joined: 10-September 03 From: Ruther Glen,VA (halfway between sticks and civilization) Member No.: 1,137 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(ghuff @ Mar 9 2010, 08:18 PM)  You have the split year later trans, that the 99-2000 cars have. It requires 20$ a quart fluid, and you need to pull the inner drain plug at a certain temp, and it should drip over and out at that temp. My wife had one, I 5spd swapped the car and got rid of the garbage auto. That thing will give you nothing but problems, swap it to a 5spd and reprogram the ECU. The 5spds last decent and are all over junkyards. The 5spd you need is from a MK2 or mk3 with 100mm CV flanges. You missed the point. I asked if it might be an easy fix. |
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| ghuff |
Mar 9 2010, 08:35 PM
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This is certainly not what I expected down here. Group: Members Posts: 849 Joined: 21-May 09 From: Bodymore Murderland Member No.: 10,389 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(ws91420 @ Mar 9 2010, 06:25 PM) QUOTE(ghuff @ Mar 9 2010, 08:18 PM) You have the split year later trans, that the 99-2000 cars have. It requires 20$ a quart fluid, and you need to pull the inner drain plug at a certain temp, and it should drip over and out at that temp. My wife had one, I 5spd swapped the car and got rid of the garbage auto. That thing will give you nothing but problems, swap it to a 5spd and reprogram the ECU. The 5spds last decent and are all over junkyards. The 5spd you need is from a MK2 or mk3 with 100mm CV flanges. You missed the point. I asked if it might be an easy fix. Did you read the post at all? I just told you that the trans requires a sketchy procedure just to check the fluid level. Good luck finding documentation on how to rebuild one. I would assume that given my post, you could imply no it is not an easy fix, these things are problematic and built from soda cans and lawn refuse, and you can expect to swap to a 5spd or keep putting in auto transmissions every 5k. |
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| ws91420 |
Mar 10 2010, 10:07 PM
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Yes I have one a Lensley 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,063 Joined: 10-September 03 From: Ruther Glen,VA (halfway between sticks and civilization) Member No.: 1,137 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Anybody have any useful input?
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| r_towle |
Mar 10 2010, 10:58 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,594 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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I will politely add that I would never buy an automatic anything from a german car company...
Think about it. Mercedes....serious issues with the auto BMW....ditto Porsche..ditto Audi...ditto VW....king of the pack. The simplest fix would be to swap in another tranny from a lower mileage wrecked car. Rich |
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