Thread: Transmission poor gear changes - oil?
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Old 8th February 2007, 11:37   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TTDegs View Post
Hi Charely

yep, would agree - in the cold any box is going to be tighter than when it's warm, and I guess the trick is designing it so that it's not too tight when cold, or too sloppy when warm

Given that (in theory, subject to design tolerances) all our boxes should be the same (per engine at least), the only variable I could think of that might change from one car to another is the amount / type of oil
I could imagine that the DSG was sensitive to the amount of oil as I think it was a wet clutch system, but I would expect (unless it is very low) that it is more down to viscosity and parts shrinkage that it is stiffer in the cold (I am sure some of us can find many inuendos in there!!).
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