Hi Volks, In the past I’ve always used VW genuine gearbox oil in my 020’s but it is pricey and I want to start dropping and replacing the oil more frequently from now on. Main question is, there’s no viscosity labelled on the genuine stuff so not too sure what I should be looking at as a good if not better replacement? Thanks.
the genuine oil is actually pretty cheap, G 060726A2 at 7.79+VAT. did a quick search and non-gen oils matched to that number are actually more expensive, but did find it here https://www.audipartsdirect.co.uk/product/genuine-audi-manual-gearbox-oil-1l-g060726a2-g060726a2
75W-90 GL-4 is what it takes unless I'm mistaken - you shouldn't really need to change it that frequently, what's your reasoning for wanting more frequent changes?
Frequent changes are good The old green Haynes recommends a straight ep80 too. Either work well from experience.
Thanks guys. Reason for more frequent changes is that I changed my oil about 4000m ago. I’ve just put in a new clutch and drained the same oil at that time and it was black again. Removing the end cap there was crud in there and I just thought an increase in frequency will help flush that all out from elsewhere in the box too. That’s it really. And thanks Johnny that is a v.reasonable price. My dealer has priced it at almost £20/litre. That was G005 000. Dunno what the difference is apart from a tenner a litre?
