Skoda Octavia 1.6 TDI [2012] GEARBOX CHANGE

[Turboexpress]

Hi,was talking to a chap last night that is a proud owner of a octavia 1.6 TDI dsg,year 2012,he was telling me at 75,000 km he decided to go to a skoda garage to get the gearbox oil changed,he left the car in to the garage in the morning and arranged to collect it in the afternoon,well come midday the mechanic from the garage rang him to tell him the gearbox in that model was a sealed gearbox and  the oil in it cant be changed,is this true i would like to know,surely every automatic gearbox oil has to be changed sometime in its lifetime.

[Turboexpress]

Bump

[marcusthehat]

This varient of the DSG is "dry", at least the clutchpacks are dry.

BUT!

There IS oil in the mechatronic unit, cos I got mine changed from synthetic to mineral, per a Skoda organised service/recall campaign.

cheers

m

[Turboexpress]

Thanks Dieseldogg for the reply,do you know off hand how many liters of oil the mechatronic unit holds

[Its me]

I booked my 1.6TDI 7 speed DSG in for an oil and filter on the gearbox a couple of months ago, later in the day the garage called me to say they had cancelled the booking as this was not required on my car, it has done 40,000 miles.

I contacted Skoda who confirmed that it was a maintenance free unit.

Regards all

Juan

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[Turboexpress]

I thought once it has moving parts it needed oil,

[g_tee]

No maintenance sounds about right for dry clutch system. Mine is the 6 speed wet clutch and that does need oil dropped and replaced at 40k

[marcusthehat]

sigh!!

To the flat-earthers=no oil in a dry DSG box sayers.

sigh.

and,

sorry but, no,  I dont know the oil volume.

cheers

marcus

Edited 23 August, 2014 by dieseldogg