MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: ald1717 on March 19, 2022, 11:37:10 pm

Title: best gearbox oil
Post by: ald1717 on March 19, 2022, 11:37:10 pm

as above whats the best stuff for lubrication and protection

Title: Re: best gearbox oil
Post by: chimp400 on March 20, 2022, 06:33:22 am

I’m assuming manual gearbox.
Stick to the standard stuff, just Change it every few years even though it’s supposed to be filled for life.
There are lots of great oils out there, Redline are supposed to be one of the best transmission lubricants if you could match the oem spec but I wouldn’t bother.

Title: Re: best gearbox oil
Post by: LC5F on March 20, 2022, 01:07:49 pm

Yes - stick with standard.

Only upgrade if you are doing a lot of tracking or have changed to something internal like LSD, there are specialist oils for them.

Usually new oil makes a big improvement in gear selection, other than selector re-alignment this is the easiest quick fix to box issues.