Quote Originally Posted by Rebuild View Post
SC, my advice would be to get yourself an air/oil cooler, if you're keeping the van for a while. Think mine was about $500 fitted (after it was fixed).

The standard coolant/oil cooler lets the oil run hotter. This hardens various seals and o-rings in the gearbox over time, eventually leading to gearbox probs. This is basically what happened to mine.

My gearbox woes,
The Torque Converter Auto (NOT DSG) T5 thumps into drive when cold

BTW, my gearbox started to give probs around 160K km
Thanks Steve. Duly noted. I don't carry heavy loads or tow, so hopefully that works in my favor! I will look into though. Cheers, Scott.