MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: scooba on January 29, 2011, 11:43:01 am

Title: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: scooba on January 29, 2011, 11:43:01 am
Hi   when the Mechatroncs unit is replaced do they change the oil in the dsg box  . TIA
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: SteveP on January 29, 2011, 11:52:02 am
Yes they should replace the oil.
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: vRSAlex on January 29, 2011, 12:28:16 pm
I would really hope that no one would put the old stuff back in.
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: h4rdy on January 29, 2011, 01:03:33 pm
 :popcornsoda:
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: scooba on January 29, 2011, 03:39:08 pm
Hi , thats fine as i started to think id gone mad so you do change the oil when you replace a mechatronics unit  thanks
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: RedRobin on January 29, 2011, 03:49:30 pm
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That's good to know. It means that I've now had 4 DSG oil+filter changes in 90,000 miles - Can do nothing but good I reckon  :pomppomp:
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: QD MBE on January 29, 2011, 04:19:37 pm
I thought DSG never went Pete Tong?   :booty:
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: vRSAlex on January 29, 2011, 04:30:31 pm
If you took the mech unit out without draining the oil first you would get a wet face.  :sick:
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: RedRobin on January 29, 2011, 04:32:12 pm

I thought DSG never went Pete Tong?   :booty:


....Just as reliable/unreliable as any other car component.  :P
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: RedRobin on January 29, 2011, 04:33:36 pm

If you took the mech unit out without draining the oil first you would get a wet face.  :sick:


....And that DSG oil has a very strange smell too. Too disgusting to describe. I wouldn't want to taste it.
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: vRSAlex on January 29, 2011, 05:42:49 pm
Its my second favourite oil smell behind Motul engine oil (which smells like a sweet spot).

Its normal manual box oil that stinks.  Thick rotten egg smell that takes 3 showers and a bath to get rid of.
Title: Re: DSG Mechatronics
Post by: RedRobin on January 29, 2011, 05:57:51 pm

Its my second favourite oil smell behind Motul engine oil (which smells like a sweet spot).

Its normal manual box oil that stinks.  Thick rotten egg smell that takes 3 showers and a bath to get rid of.


....Really?  :surprised:

When I had my DSG oil changed recently I was there throughout the process and also witnessed the oil, all marked as for DSG, being unpacked. I was sure it smelt bad as we all commented on it. I was also having an engine oil change in the same session - Fuchs oil.