Need to buy a service kit for a DQ500. Assuming the OEM fluid is probably Pentosin since those are the only two actual approved fluids. I assume it is worth spending the extra $40-50 to get OEM fluid instead of Liqui-Moly or Ravenol?
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Motul would be my choice before those two.
Motul is good too
Bought the Pentosin from Rock Auto since they are by far the best price even after shipping. They are out of stock on the filter so I got an OEM filter and the crush washers/o-ring coming from the local VW dealer, and ordered the fill adapter from Amazon. Will do the trans service with next oil change probably in another 2-3k km or so (42.5k km total on the car now). Transmission service recommended interval is every 60k km.
Servicing the dsg is alot better than regular automatics aren't they?
Since there is no torque convertor hogging fluid in it, you get almost all of the fluid except 2 liters out, right?
I'm not sure how much stays in, but the DQ500 has two drain plugs. I would imagine less than one litre stays in.
seems good
I use Ravenol fluid for my dsg transmissions.
So the fluid arrived today.
They actually sent me the whole DSG kit instead of a 5L jug (lol). Checking the PN# on their site, it matches, so they have the description of it being just a 5L jug wrong. In any event I now have a filter for the wrong trans I don't need, and a spare drain washer and filter o-ring
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They actually sent me the whole DSG kit instead of a 5L jug (lol). Checking the PN# on their site, it matches, so they have the description of it being just a 5L jug wrong. In any event I now have a filter for the wrong trans I don't need, and a spare drain washer and filter o-ring
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You better have than need.
I have an A3 quattro 3.2 with the DQ250 trans. I swapped the fluid last year from OE fluid to Liqui Moly 8100 and a cooling type filter housing. If anything is different I believe the shifts are a little smoother and it was better from start in extreme cold temps. It met the VW spec. I recently retired from dealerships and have used most of the German brand products with no issues on various makes. Never had any issues using anything from Ravenol, Liqui Moly, Pentosin or Motul. I was however reluctant to switch to Redline or BG DCT type fluids as I never could get much feedback from my foreign dealership friends and I was in a GM dealer for much of my work. I've likely had to get service parts on nearly every make car at some point because I was the go to parts guy for all European cars we picked up at auctions and had also sold Hyundai, Honda, Acura, Mazda and Subaru parts. Its going to be interesting to see how the new Corvette C8 owners handle the DSG trans change. Its the BMW FFL-4 type and likely is Pentosin supplied to GM.
Slightly peripherally related, what do folks think about the lasting-power of dsg's, DCT's, and PDK's. I'm not yet convinced that the synchro's will last when the robotic servo shifts are made brutally-fast... not on regular upshifts when the gear changes from odd to even to odd number gears can occur lazily-slow... but when the mechatronic has chosen the wrong gear, or when you downshift at high roadspeeds, or when you ask it to go two gears down, say.
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