? change ATF 2.0l automatic 2001 jetta

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5- to change remove the 5mm plug and under that you will find the "tube" which also comes out with a 5mm allen. Once the tube is out and fluid is drained the refill should be somewhere between 3 & 4 liters.

It's not lifetime fluid. My 98 Jetta GLS manual clearly states to replace it at 100K miles. The dealer charges around $350 to change the oil! I claled 3 different VW dealerships,all had the same price. I called a local independant VW garage who quoted me $300.00. It's labour intensive and the oil itself costs more than gold. Basically, a bloody rip off.

Woodchuck, You've been of great help in the past so here goes my answers.

1. In talking to some techs as the dealer and looking at vwvortex, I'm convinced it's only good for 100k or so. I'm at 60k.
2. Yes it's still under warranty, I'll photo everything I do and document it.
3. There are no problems, don't want to wait.
4. I'm an engineer and feel nothing is lifetime, seen too many failures. It just gets us past the 100k warranty for the manufacturer.

Engineers do nutty things, this is my nutty thing this month.....wait til next month.

Once again, I'd like to thank you for the answer and for all the help you've been now and in the past. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Thanks.

Yikes, labor intensive job... I disagree! Now if your dealer has one of them new style ATF flushers then I guess the fee could be around $300 since there is about 8 or so liters of fluid. But, at our shop we remove the pan, replace the filter and refill the trans all for about 1.5 in labor time plus about $18(USA) per liter.

I'd second that... 1 hour if I just drain/fill the oil. 1.5 hours is I pull the pan off and slap a new filter in place. Of course I prefere the car to stay overnight to do it first thing in the morning.

But even at 60K, why change it now? Why not wait until 100K?

If done correctly, I don't see the harm it doing it though. It tends to be a messy job compaired to your run of the mill oil change.