Hello,
Little back story... My 1999 VW Golf Automatic 2.0L (180,000km roughly I think) is having some transmission problems and takes quite a bit of effort these days to switch gears. I bought the car used about 1 1/2 - 2 years ago and I have no idea the last time the trans fluid was changed. That being said when I bought the car it wasn't giving me these problems. Currently it takes quite a bit of time for the gears to switch and you can hear the car trying to do so for about 5-10 seconds before it gets the job done. I'm scared the transmission is going to die on me! I got the car for fairly cheap with its only problems being rust related. I've had to do some work on the underbody of the car but I have no experience with transmissions at all!! I've researched all over online and I've gotten too wide of an opinion base as to what to do, so now im confused. I don't want to take it to a dealer or a specialist because I dont have the money nor want to spend a whole bunch on a car I paid little for. That being said I'm looking for some experienced opinions!!
- Should the fluid be changed considering the car is so old? People say its risky to do it on such an old car.
- Should I change the transmission filter as well?
- Whats a recommended automatic fluid to use? the car didn't come with the manual so I'm a bit lost in that regard and Google hasn't come up with anything.
-Someone mentioned the fluid just might be low but there is no dipstick in these models so I'd need to check by either lifting the car up or getting down there and doing it manually. Does this sound like a low level problem?
-People are also saying I should throw somthing like a fluid called lukus into the car that helps the transmission? will that do the trick?
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to cover all my bases! Any help would be great, Thanks!
Little back story... My 1999 VW Golf Automatic 2.0L (180,000km roughly I think) is having some transmission problems and takes quite a bit of effort these days to switch gears. I bought the car used about 1 1/2 - 2 years ago and I have no idea the last time the trans fluid was changed. That being said when I bought the car it wasn't giving me these problems. Currently it takes quite a bit of time for the gears to switch and you can hear the car trying to do so for about 5-10 seconds before it gets the job done. I'm scared the transmission is going to die on me! I got the car for fairly cheap with its only problems being rust related. I've had to do some work on the underbody of the car but I have no experience with transmissions at all!! I've researched all over online and I've gotten too wide of an opinion base as to what to do, so now im confused. I don't want to take it to a dealer or a specialist because I dont have the money nor want to spend a whole bunch on a car I paid little for. That being said I'm looking for some experienced opinions!!
- Should the fluid be changed considering the car is so old? People say its risky to do it on such an old car.
- Should I change the transmission filter as well?
- Whats a recommended automatic fluid to use? the car didn't come with the manual so I'm a bit lost in that regard and Google hasn't come up with anything.
-Someone mentioned the fluid just might be low but there is no dipstick in these models so I'd need to check by either lifting the car up or getting down there and doing it manually. Does this sound like a low level problem?
-People are also saying I should throw somthing like a fluid called lukus into the car that helps the transmission? will that do the trick?
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to cover all my bases! Any help would be great, Thanks!