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Offline Stevepd

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #30 on: September 24, 2014, 09:00:31 am »
Post a picture of your old oil so we can see how discoloured it is please. :drinking:
Will do :happy2: probably going to do it Friday

See if you can take photos as you go and we'll offer it up to be put in as a sticky in the how to for everybody else :happy2:
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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #31 on: October 04, 2014, 09:08:45 am »
Post a picture of your old oil so we can see how discoloured it is please. :drinking:
Will do :happy2: probably going to do it Friday

See if you can take photos as you go and we'll offer it up to be put in as a sticky in the how to for everybody else :happy2:

Did you get this done?
Standard 5 Door Shadow blue.

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #32 on: October 04, 2014, 09:15:05 am »
Post a picture of your old oil so we can see how discoloured it is please. :drinking:
Will do :happy2: probably going to do it Friday

See if you can take photos as you go and we'll offer it up to be put in as a sticky in the how to for everybody else :happy2:

Did you get this done?
I will be doing it in a couple of hours hopefully, I had to order a funnel off Amazon and twice they sent me a funnel with no tube  :congrats: so I bought one elsewhere and will do it this afternoon. I'll try to take a few photos and post them when I'm finished.

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #33 on: October 04, 2014, 03:06:13 pm »
Went to do it and found I don't have the tool I need  :sick: , so have now ordered one since I couldn't find anybody selling one locally. Will hopefully be doing it before Christmas  :signLOL:

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #34 on: October 04, 2014, 03:10:34 pm »
What size is the bit mate? Some sort of spline I noticed when changing the Engine Oil last week - it's not the same size as for the rear carriers by any chance? :party:

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #35 on: October 04, 2014, 03:15:38 pm »
It's an m16 12 spline (which I have) but it's the tamper proof one with a recess on the middle (which I don't have)  :fighting:

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #36 on: October 04, 2014, 03:18:11 pm »
That's weird. Why would VW bother doing that?
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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #37 on: October 04, 2014, 03:40:38 pm »
Probably so you pay them to do it instead of doing it yourself

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #38 on: October 04, 2014, 03:44:27 pm »
Probably so you pay them to do it instead of doing it yourself

Nail and head right there I think!

Where did you order yours from mate? Any links..? :happy2:

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #39 on: October 04, 2014, 04:41:52 pm »
121437150494 just copy and paste that into eBay, I went with this one since the refill plug is quite awkward and using a spanner might be easier because there's space above but not much in front to get a socket in (if that makes any sense).

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #40 on: December 25, 2014, 09:07:40 pm »
Did you manage to get this done?
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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #41 on: December 25, 2014, 10:17:27 pm »
Yes mate, once I had the funnel and the tool it was a piece of piss. What came out was filthy, the changes were a bit firmer when the car was cold but were silky smooth when it was warmed up.

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #42 on: December 26, 2014, 11:23:16 am »






Not the best pictures but if you look at these and then under your car it should be obvious.

What I found was:
.Undo the fill cap before the drain one because it can be a bit stiff and you don't want an empty gearbox you can't refill.
.Don't lose the washer in the oil you've drained out  :rolleye:
.Stop filling when it starts to dribble out of the fill hole (the top hole)
.It should take about 2.4L
.Tighten them back up to about 23LB/F (I just did it quite tight with a smallish bar) as long as you don't go mental it'll be fine.
.You'll need a long funnel and the tool I mentioned a few posts above.

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Re: Gearbox oil change
« Reply #43 on: December 31, 2014, 05:27:19 pm »
Good job!  :love:

Am thinking of doing this too.

Looking around on the net VW use semi-synth from the factory? Does it matter if we put fully synth in?

Also anywhere I can look to confirm my gearbox takes 75W90? VW only use gearbox oil partnumbers and doesnt say the oil grade  on it.

Redline and Millers nanodrive is same money at a glance so which is preferred, or just go OEM?

Thanks :happy2:

*EDIT* reading this OEM transmission fluid is best? :
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=48307.0
« Last Edit: December 31, 2014, 05:35:17 pm by omeydz »
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