Oil approved by VW remains more stable at higher temperatures instead of beginning to break down. Regular oil changes with the right oil can improve your car’s fuel economy.*. If you opt to change your oil yourself, be sure to use oil that complies with Volkswagen quality standards for your car's engine. A lot of oils are labeled "synthetic Enjoy the smell of GL4 gear oil while you change your manual transmission fluid. What you actually will enjoy, is the smooth shifting. Your Golf will thank I used Motul Gear 300 and it was WAY thicker than OEM trans oil. Made the gearbox super notchy and difficult to get into gear, especially during cold weather. Switched back to OEM oil when I replaced the clutch and couldn't be happier. This has been mentioned by many people so if I were you I would strongly consider going with OEM trans oil. Any decent 75W90 GL-4 spec oil will be 100% for that gearbox. Ryan Demoser. 1996 Mk3 Golf VR6. 2017 Caddy Maxi Crew Bus 2.0 TDI. 2013 Aprilia RSV4 track toy. 2021 Aprilia RS660 road bike. In a bit of a dilemma here, I have a 2012 Golf with 6MT and about 12k miles on it, my first ever new car. While fixing a dealer misaligned underbody protector from the first service, I noticed a wet spot on the gear box. After wiping it and re-checking a few weeks later, I've determined that VW fixed price cost is £79 for just the Haldex oil change (not sure if they charge more for cleaning the gauze). Expect to pay £100-125 at an indy specialists. Oh and if you think about redoing the filter/induction mods again then CLP themselves do some really good value bundles on Ramair hoses and their own branded turbo inlet elbow etc. Hi i have a audi A3 1.8t 2000 i parked up on night time working perfect next morning the gears wer really stiff to change and some time have to use both hands to get out reverse, clutch is bitting fine and when car not running the gearbox is perfect shifts through them all fine, topped up with 2ltr gear box oil but no change please help My mk3 golf takes 75w90 synthetic however the car place provided me with semi syn, but with 120k on the gearbox and 18 years, I doubt it makes all that much different, according the the car place both my old and new golf take the same gearbox oil, from what you say it sounds like its true, as my mk3 should have 75w90synthetic, 1.9 litres of the .

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