DSG Mechatronics

[scooba]

Hi   when the Mechatroncs unit is replaced do they change the oil in the dsg box  . TIA

[SteveP]

Yes they should replace the oil.

[vRSAlex]

I would really hope that no one would put the old stuff back in.

[h4rdy]

 

[scooba]

Hi , thats fine as i started to think id gone mad so you do change the oil when you replace a mechatronics unit  thanks

[RedRobin]

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That's good to know. It means that I've now had 4 DSG oil+filter changes in 90,000 miles - Can do nothing but good I reckon 

[QD MBE]

I thought DSG never went Pete Tong?   

[vRSAlex]

If you took the mech unit out without draining the oil first you would get a wet face. 

[RedRobin]

I thought DSG never went Pete Tong?  

....Just as reliable/unreliable as any other car component.  

[RedRobin]

If you took the mech unit out without draining the oil first you would get a wet face. 

....And that DSG oil has a very strange smell too. Too disgusting to describe. I wouldn't want to taste it.

[vRSAlex]

Its my second favourite oil smell behind Motul engine oil (which smells like a sweet spot).

Its normal manual box oil that stinks.  Thick rotten egg smell that takes 3 showers and a bath to get rid of.

[RedRobin]

Its my second favourite oil smell behind Motul engine oil (which smells like a sweet spot).

Its normal manual box oil that stinks.  Thick rotten egg smell that takes 3 showers and a bath to get rid of.

....Really? 

When I had my DSG oil changed recently I was there throughout the process and also witnessed the oil, all marked as for DSG, being unpacked. I was sure it smelt bad as we all commented on it. I was also having an engine oil change in the same session - Fuchs oil.