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Changing the gearbox oil?
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:37 pm
by alexperkins
Hi All,
Car needs a gearbox oil change. Is it easy to do?
The haynes manual covers it slightly, but not really to the point of changing it.
All help is apprecardo
Muchas Gracias
Cheers guys!
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:58 pm
by Tim_GTi
what oil are you going to use Alex?
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:41 pm
by alexperkins
Im not yet sure - a top quality fully synthetic transmission oil
Need to seek some advice!
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:56 pm
by tomo87
use baby oil
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:27 pm
by alexperkins
lol
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:31 pm
by Bepe
and how do you no it needs one
suppost to have lifetime thingy
but i agree on changing it every so often probably every year
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:32 pm
by Bepe
oh and it is pretty easy to do, ust take the plug out! and drain it
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:33 pm
by alexperkins
Well its been in there 7 years, and the gears arent running as smooth as they could, so i thought, hey why not change it to fully synth to help it along.
The mechanics at VW recommend doing it - prolongs the life of the gearbox!
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:12 pm
by Tim_GTi
alexperkins wrote:
The mechanics at VW recommend doing it - prolongs the life of the gearbox!
yeh thats why i'm getting mine done with the service coming up, need to find out which oil to use though, i'm sure there was a fairly recent thread on here about it somewhere..........