03 VW ATF 90k LIFETIME fill ???

[Neil Womack]

VW Lifetime fill results at 90,000 miles.

Copper 826
Iron 316
Chromium 1
Aluminum 13
Lead 147
Moly 2
Phos 359
Zinc 49
Mag 3
Calcium 183
silicon 6

antifreeze zero
water zero

Vis Cst 6.09
Oxidation 18%
Nit 0%

If this is lifetime fill. I think this AT may be older than the rest of the car. I can't attest to the sample drawing technique.

 

[Alan]

I think VW is full of crap with this lifetime fill nonsense.Have you seen how many steps intakes to accuratly refill the tranny?

A bad VAG joke!

 

[TR3-2001SE]

Based on this UOA I'D say about 15,000 mile changes would be about right. Is 15,000 a lifetime for a VW?

 

[Neil Womack]

Either this AT is in trouble or the tech who changed the oil did not draw a good sample.

As for changing proceedure VW is full of it. The AT has a stand pipe intergrated with the drain plug. Next change I'm going to do it myself. Adding warmed oil until it runs out of the stand pipe.

 

[unDummy]

By 96k, almost any ATF is in trouble.

More frequent changes please!