88 VANAGON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM
me (noah)
must but a stick valve or hydrolic i'm thinking???
"mark W" <mark5160yahoo.comnospam> wrote in message
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> I have a 1988 Vanagon with an automatic transmission. When the motor is
cold
> the transmission does not want to shift out of first gear untill it almost
> reaches redline. After a few mintues of driving the problem disappears
and
> the transmission shifts normally. The fuild and screen are clean, recently
> changed. If anyone has encountered this problem before or has any advice I
> would greatly appreciate hearing from you.
>
> Mark
>
>
mark W
Jonathan Walden
My 83 Vanagon just started doing the same thing. The transmission
fluid had been leaking, and got down a quart. When I topped up the
transmission fluid, the shifting problem didn't go away.
Let me know what happens to yours.
--Jonathan
Jimenez
Virtually everyone with a 1980's vintage VW/Audi with the 3 speed autobox
has experienced that problem if they've owned it long enough. Usually
(hopefully) it's caused by contamination (dirt) in the main valve body
and/or the governor. It can also be caused by hard seals in the clutch
packs in addition to dirt in the valve body. Try having the valve body
disassembled and professionally cleaned by an auto trans shop that is
familiar with Audi/VW's (NOT AAMCO). If that doesn't fix it, stand back
folks, the transmission is coming out! Sorry about that!
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst!
Also, try to minimize revving the engine to redline when its cold unless you
want to go through both the transmission _and_ the engine at the same time.
The transmission will usually shift once the transmission fluid warms up a
little. Manually shifting into 1st ,2nd, and then D will also help coax
that first shift to get you going when cold.
Jim
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