gearbox oil for VR6 models

[Chris Langdon 0]

Went to my local TPS today to pick up some VAG gear box oil for the VR6, and they told me that the 1 litre bottles are now obsolute, they only do them in half litre bottle at £10.00 a bottle you need four, £40 quid for two litres of gear box oil!!!!! :cuckoo: come on VW have a word!! :nono:

 

can anybody recommend a good quality gear box oil for the VR6? i believe its 75/90w oil that goes in a VR

 

many thanks

 

chris

[Leonard 0]

2 x quarts Redline MT90 from opie oils plus couple of stickers for £25.20 then use free postage discount code FREESHIP209 8)

 

Need to buy by tomorrow at midnight

 

Matt

[Lufbramatt 0]

can also recommend redline MT90- my o2A is smooth as silk now :D

 

make sure you loosen the filler hole cap first thou, dont wanna drain all your box oil out then not be able to put it back in again ;)

[MonkeyVR6 0]

Is it easy to change the gearbox oil then? I doubt whether my gearbox oil has ever been changed and its starting to get a bit notchy.

[Lufbramatt 0]

yep its easy- 20 mins work

 

drive the car round the block for a bit to warm the gearbox oil up so it flows out easier

 

use a 17mm hex key/socket to loosen the filler plug (on front of gearbox about half way up) then undo the drain plug (under diff housing) and drain the oil into a suitable container, leave it and go have a cup of tea/beer/gin+tonic etc

 

come back and put the drain plug back in, and using a funnel with an extension tube (so you can poke the end in the filler hole) put 2 litres of oil in and do the plug back up, easy peesy :D

 

just make sure you dont make the noob mistake of filling it up via the flywheel timing inspection hole, cos that means new clutch time!