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I just changed my trans fluid and saw that the Bentley says the manual trans takes 1.25 liters. I got about 1.5 liters in before it started drooling out the fill hole. The old oil came to just shy of 2 liters. Maybe I've got one of those units that need to be filled from above. What's going on with ...

The last time I was getting zero charge, The best I did between trips to [autoparts chain] for a free recharge was 13 days. So, lets say 20 starts and 200 miles, with hardly any headlight, fan or radio use. It was chilly, so I probably ran the glows twice.

Wow, this forum is quiet. Anyway, I took off the lower switch that notices where the clutch pedal is, and put it back on, and now it's fine.

Vehicle is a 99.5 Golf TDI. When I shift into reverse, the back-up light come on. When I take my foot off the clutch, they go out. Any ideas?

My gauges and indicator lights have been dead for a few weeks, until today. I followed the Bentley troubleshooting guide and it seemed I'd have to trace the blue wire (clean it- it's blue!) from the alt through the loom to wherever it goes. I was checking all the grounds first cuz that's easier, and...

VWCaddy - How thick was the wall of the tubing in the alt adapter you made for your Toyota? I was worried that that style of adapter would move like a chain link and cause wear (probably because the bolt hole in my alt is really widened out.) If I try again, I may try that. While we're looking at t...

Update- The adapter bracket I made interfered with the new belt path, too bad. But it is possible. The standard belt will work. The long belt is way beefier then the alt belt and I wonder if the pulley on the alt is too small for it. Is there a minimum pulley size for belts? I rotated the compressor...

I'm thinking about getting rid of my a/c compressor. I want to make a bracket that will attach where the compressor bolts on, and the alternator will attach to the bracket. The pulleys will line up and it'll only need one belt. I haven't heard of anybody doing it this way, and I don't know if that's...

My $20 Craftsman multimeter came with a temperature probe. One glow cycle raises the temp aruund the plug enough to notice.

Thanks FineFrank, that's exactly the information I need.

It's definately caused by the cold. Above 25*F it's fine. Below that, it hits very hard. The left front is where it's happening. Cold or warm, it does not bounce excessively after I trampoline on the bumper. Front struts are of unknown age- I think this is my opportunity to put taller struts in.

This morning I had a new problem. Any road bump causes a loud bang and it feels like I ran over a cinder block. It feels like the left rear is the bad one, and the body sits about an inch low there. Looking underneath there's nothing obvious. When I jump on the bumper it bounces like normal. A previ...

My right hand turn signal would sometimes give me rapid, irregular Morse code style flashes. If I flicked it off and on again, it would be fine. I looked at the front first cuz it used to fill up with rain. I jiggled a wire on the socket (I think the ground) and the blink became regular doubletime. ...

Today I noticed my fuse panel has a 20A fuse marked 'fuel pump'- what is this?

Neon/Prizm center holes are a hair too small. To my dismay.