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bebersol

bebersol

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Has anyone tried changing their manual transmission oil?

If I remember right my manual was sticky when the weather was cold, I’ve been thinking about changing the oil.

What are the specs of the VW Uberoil? Is it a 75-90w?

I used Mr. Moly in my Saab some years back and that smoothed out and quieted the manual transmission in that car significantly, but Saabs had a big tranny capacity and they used 10-40W (you read it right).

What are others trying and what are your experiences?

Thanks
 
Bozz

Bozz

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I believe the spec oil is GL-4, and yes typically the weight is 75w-90 synthetic gear oil.

But I am puzzled. You have a brand new 2013 car. Why are you even contemplating changing the tranny oil?
 
barische

barische

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OEM vw fluid is fine

i see you are at texas since it doesnt get much cold down there you probly will be fine with 75w-90. I currrently have fuchs 75w-80 and it is comparable to OEM i had in before..

gear 300 was great when warm but at winter it was horrid till warmed up. I actually damaged the 2,3 syncros due to it
 
bebersol

bebersol

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Bozz said:
I believe the spec oil is GL-4, and yes typically the weight is 75w-90 synthetic gear oil.

But I am puzzled. You have a brand new 2013 car. Why are you even contemplating changing the tranny oil?
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Sometimes our winter temps get town to 0F, last winter I’d notice on cold mornings (teens) the syncros for 2nd and 3rd being chunky, I was curious if anyone else has experienced that and I see barishe has. Just trying to avoid the same thing. thanks
 
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