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how much gear oil?

Posted: 19 Jul 2012, 19:08
by sciroccotune
Hi Guys,

Sorry to ask this as Im sure it used to be in the wiki - just cant find it!

Just refilling my 1.6d 4 speed box and would like to know how much gear oil is reccomended to put in.

4l?

Cheers

Chris

Re: how much gear oil?

Posted: 19 Jul 2012, 23:18
by faggie
just fill the gearbox to its starts to come out of the filler hole when the van is level

Re: how much gear oil?

Posted: 20 Jul 2012, 12:38
by sciroccotune
Thanks for the reply :D

Only asked as I remember reading something where VW reduced the amount of oil the put in the boxes after a specific year to make shifts easier? Maybe I mad that up? 8)