Polo Gti Gearboxes

[Tim]

sorry slightly off topic but jimmy what gb oil do you recommend for my notchy as hell mk5 gt tdi? cheers pal

how many kms has your car got on it? my GTI was mega notchy when i first got it. But it seems to have smoothed up very nicely now

[Preen59]

Guys careful of your warranty!!

The Caddy is off to Iverach VW on monday for the crunching 2nd gear. I'll let you know what they decide on for it..

[Preen59]

Guys careful of your warranty!!

The Caddy is off to Iverach VW on monday for the crunching 2nd gear. I'll let you know what they decide on for it..

Ok, they replaced the synthetic G'box oil with mineral oil under the 35a7 recall. Turned the notchy box with the crunching 2nd into a box with smoothness like my mk4 2.0L sport had. Fixed the box right up good and proper like. VERY happy.

Ring your dealer even if you aren't having troubles and tell them you want it changed anyway if they haven't already.

[Jmac]

Yeah the original stuff comes out like water man, thats the reason i use Redline in case of any premature wear but if you are under warranty well you would be silly not to take them up on it and then its on them if it turns nasty.
Jmac
ps with the new oil im sure you will find it will get better and better the more use it gets, as it coats the bearings and syncros

[DubSteve]

I used redline in my Skyline. Made it feel a lot better

However I thought redline was no good for VW boxes?

I'm using Redline in my VR super smooth and beautiful to drive it around with it makes changing gears a whole lot better!

[Servo]

So I did a 7500km service on the car on the weekend and thought I may as well change to the Redline MTL while I'm under there. Now when I put the car in to the reverse gear I can hear a mechanical/buzzing sound like it's engaging from within the cabin, is this normal?

[noone]

Does not sound right.

Could it be to do with the airflow / recirculation feature when you go into reverse? How much fluid did you put in?

[Servo]

Does not sound right.

Could it be to do with the airflow / recirculation feature when you go into reverse? How much fluid did you put in?

About 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 of a bottle. I pumped as much as I could put in there until it started to overflow out of the fill hole.

[noone]

Need some input from someone more knowledgeable...

When you fill the gearbox fluid, the car should be flat. When the front of the car is jacked / on alxe stands, the car is not flat, the front is high. When I filled up my fluid I used 2 and a bit bottles. It could be that you don't have enough fluid in the box, but I don't want to make that call as I'm not experienced in this area.

Personally, I'd try putting it into reverse with the aircon / fan system turned off so there is no air to recirculate. this should atleast eliminate if the noise is something to do with the air recirc and not your gearbox.

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Actually, you raise a good point there noone that maybe Jmac could shed some light on.

What can we do to accurately change the oil to the correct level while the car is raised at the front on axle stands? Can the full capacity of oil (what's the volume of oil we should be aiming for?) be pumped into the gearbox without overflowing if the car in jacked up at the front?