Trnny problem?

[Hammy]

My buddy has a '97 Jetta, and his 5spd will heat upwithin a 1/2 hour of driving, to the point of spewing the oil out of the vent hole! The tranny will still be hot to the touch after several hours of sitting. He's putting a new tranny in this weekend, but I was wondering if anyone has ever seen or heard of this happening before, on any transmission even?
 :shock:

[fspGTD]

I have not heard of that.  It must have gotten pretty hot for oil to spew out of it!  Obviously there is something very wrong inside that tranny.  It makes sense to just replace it with another one if he has or can find a suitable replacement.  Good luck to your friend.

[Hammy]

Thats exactly what I told him, Jake. So he has taken his car in for a rebuilt tranny, which is already there, not rebuilding the one from the car.
 I just thought it might be found interesting,cause I never heard of this happening before.

[Hammy]

Well my buddy went in for his tranny, and they said they sent a tranny for a '92 instead of '97. Rebuild quotes are like $1500 bux, anyone  around here find that steep. They say they are really hard to find also. I'm trying to find out what code it is. I will probably have to look myself though.  :roll:

[racer_x]

What engine does he have? And is this an 020 transmission? Or an 02A/02J?

1500 sounds a little high, but without knowing which transmission he has, it's hard to say for sure. It's definitely not a great deal, but depending on what transmission he gets, it might not be too bad.

If this is an 020 transmission, check the codes on what he's taking out and what he's putting in. The later A3's with the 2.0L engines use the larger input shafts, and the 1992's all had the small input shafts (except the 16V ones). If he puts a 1992 8V transmission in with a 2.0L engine, he'll need a different clutch disk for it. Get the clutch disc that matches the transmission (probably a 1.8L 8V clutch disc for the 1992 trans). If he has the 2.0L engine, he should keep the 2.0L pressure plate and flywheel and use only the 1.8L 8V clutch disc if that matches the "new" transmission. If you change the pressure plate to the 1.8L 8V pressure plate, you'll need the matching 1.8L 8V flywheel.

[Hammy]

It's a '97 Jetta with a 1.9TD. He's away working right now, so I haven't been able to see his car. The tranny doesn't seem to look like the 020 tranny, when I looked at it last.

[lord_verminaard]

From what I can tell, VW used both 020 and 02A trannies in 97.  I'm assuming that for the 1.9 TD, they switched to the 02A transmissions, while the gassers still used the 020's.  I know for a fact that the VR6 cars used an 02A.  I show 5 different transmission codes for 97, 3 of them are 02A's.

Brendan
84 Scirocco 8v
00 Camaro L36 M49

[QuickTD]

All the 93-99.5 TD's and 4cyl gassers were 020 transaxles. Only the TDI and the VR6's got the 02A.

[Hammy]

Thanks for the replies. So, it should be fairly easy to find a used tranny, or a rebuilt one. Would I be correct to think this? :?:

[Dr. Diesel]

is it overfilled with gear oil? should be something like 1.9 quarts only. The tranny will get hot as the engine heat transfers into it. If it shift's ok, I'd change the oil, and make sure it's at the correct level (just starting to ooze out the side filler port when the car's level) ans see what happens. Might be a cheap, simple solution.

ps, $1500 Is out of this world too expensive. Especially if it's US.

[Hammy]

Hey Doc.;

 He can't drive it 50 miles without it starting to seize up, clutch then starts to slip at that point too. Then it starts to barf out the gear oil, and you can come back hours later, touch the engine without burning your hand, but you still can't touch the tranny. I've never seen anything like it before. Originally, I posted this just to see if anyone has heard of such incidents, and for a freakish laugh. He thought he had a new tranny lined up for $750 installed, but when he got there they said it was for a '92 instead, and that it would be around $1500 for a rebuilt one, sending  his back as a core. That was also if they could find one. I have an old AWY from my '91, that worked well, that I would have gave him, but it didn't look the same. Plus the ratio thing to boot!LOL! It belongs in a drag car! :lol: