Gearbox extened life....

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gazmangti
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Gearbox extened life....

Post by gazmangti »

Hi all,
Went to my gearbox center today who changed the box on my gti.

After six months they do a full inspection to check that everything is was it should be.

Spoke to the mechanic afterwards about uprating the gearbox and bearings so they last longer. He said that its mainly the bearings that wear, causing the box to moan. These bearings cannot be uprated apparently.

He did agree that the gearbox are poor but the best thing to do is change the oil in the box every 2 years.

Some of you guys probably know this but just thought I would raise a post.

Do any of you guys ever change the oil your box's? If so what oils do you use?

Cheers

Gaz
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Post by Tim_GTi »

Yeh this is a reasonanly well known fact.

I had my gearbox oil changed last service (40k a week or two ago),

IIRC they used fully synthetic oil, not sure what brand though
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