Re: [MBZ] OT VeeDub Tranny
Automatic? That would be a DSG (dual sport gearbox) which is really a manual that you don't do the shifting on. I personally don't like them but I've only driven them in gassers. Anyway there is a service interval (40,000 miles) on them and like most VW autos they're very sensitive to it. They're also sensitive to having the "proper" DSG fluid. Also getting just the right amount of fluid in is quite important. VW have clearly made this difficult for the DIYer but folks have figured ways around it. http://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/dsg-fluid-drain-and-replacement-service-vw-and-audi-stronic-oil-flush/ -Curt From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 11:27 AM Subject: [MBZ] OT VeeDub Tranny So my cousin just had to spend $3k on a new tranny and some other stuff for her 08 Golf I think it was. Apparently the tranny is "sealed" and in some checkup to figure out why it was not working properly her mech somehow determined that it was pretty much burned up, fluid all black and stinky. Is that true, you couldn't change the fluid in those things and somehow VW expected they would just work forever (or until the warranty expired)? Wow. Is this a common problem with those things? --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT VeeDub Tranny
Or, you can just pay the dealer $400 to do it for you . . . I do like the DSG tranny in our Diesel - seems just right, I don't know how they tuned it so 'right'. On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Automatic? That would be a DSG (dual sport gearbox) which is really a > manual that you don't do the shifting on. I personally don't like them but > I've only driven them in gassers. > Anyway there is a service interval (40,000 miles) on them and like most VW > autos they're very sensitive to it. They're also sensitive to having the > "proper" DSG fluid. Also getting just the right amount of fluid in is quite > important. VW have clearly made this difficult for the DIYer but folks have > figured ways around it. > > http://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/dsg-fluid-drain-and-replacement-service-vw-and-audi-stronic-oil-flush/ > -Curt > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT VeeDub Tranny
So my cousin just had to spend $3k on a new tranny and some other stuff for her 08 Golf I think it was. Apparently the tranny is "sealed" and in some checkup to figure out why it was not working properly her mech somehow determined that it was pretty much burned up, fluid all black and stinky. Is that true, you couldn't change the fluid in those things and somehow VW expected they would just work forever (or until the warranty expired)? Wow. Is this a common problem with those things? --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
