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Check fluid level first to ensure that there is enough hydraulic pressure for brake bands and clutches to engage fully. Have the engine running in 'park' and remove the transmission fluid dip stick. Check level, colour and smell: it should be pink/red with no hint of any burnt aroma. If it is tinged brown this is due to clutch surface material wearing away. The acrid over cooked smell will arise if the brake bands are continuously slipping and generating heat. If the level looks low top with extra fluid via the transmission dipstick tube (do not confuse this with the gearbox oil dipstick)
VW is a popular make and there will be auto transmission specialists out there with extensive knowledge. It would be no harm phoning around to ask for them to give it an assessment and then to ask the cost of adjustment, overhaul, repair or replacement.
If you have a manual transmission it is time to replace your clutch. If you have an automatic transmission it is time for a transmission rebuilt. You can have your auto trans fluid and filter changed and this might help, but I doubt it. There is very little you can do for a slipping clutch in a manual tranny except replace the clutch. If you have a manual tranny with a clutch that is manual adjusted then the cluth may be out of adjustment, but I doubt you have a manually adjusted clutch it is more then likely hydralic.
You are in the early stages of transmission failure. Fluid that smells burnt is not good, it means the clutch's are slipping. Your RPM's may not be going up by a noticeable amount, but they are. You've got some time, a can of something like Lucas trans conditioner will help to put of the inevitable, but you should start looking for options in the rebuild or replace department.Hope this helps.
if its manual sounds like your clutch could be slipping does car smell of burt clutch?
check cluth adjustment
may need new clutch
do stall test with hand brake on, foot (heel-toe) on brake and accel pedal to about 2000rpm then let out clutch and car should stall if engine revs go down and engine still runs but you can rev causing slip and you will now smell what slipping burnt clutch is replace it.
if its auto check trans oil level and what does it look like red-good
darker red to black-bad often smells burnt also possibly new trans required.
yep, sounds like your transmissions on its last leg, mabye you can get by, by starting in 2nd, if you have the option lol, but auto tran's are pretty cheap on ebay or try www.supraforums.com seen one for 300$
It seems that the trans is slipping. The smell is from excess trans flood. If Trans is over filled, it can rupture seals and cause leaking that can get on the exhaust and burn.
Remove the transmission pan. Check fluid for burnt smell, water contamination, (on 2pc fill tubes water can get in) debris (either clutch material or metal) Change filter and refill. If problem gets substantially better, change oil again in about a week. If problem remains the same and there was a lot of debris or oil really smelled bad, you likely have burned clutches and need a rebuild. Compare smell and colour with another vehicle... trans oil never smells really "good".
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