second gear hard to engage when cold after gearbox oil change

[rubjonny]

might be worth getting some redline mt90, sposed to be the dogs danglies for the 02a.  no vag box should crunch into 2nd, but eventually the 2nd syncro gets buggered by all the boy racers who ragged em off the line

[harlemex]

I had an issue with 2nd gear crunch and whining in 3rd. I cant quite remember the exact stuff I put in, but it was definately castrol fully synthetic. I just looked it up and it was sms-x. Anyhow, it made absolutely no difference. 

[Khare]

might be worth getting some redline mt90, sposed to be the dogs danglies for the 02a.  no vag box should crunch into 2nd, but eventually the 2nd syncro gets buggered by all the boy racers who ragged em off the line

Yeah I heard it's great too, but it's bloody expensive!

[AudiA8Quattro]

might be worth getting some redline mt90, sposed to be the dogs danglies for the 02a.  no vag box should crunch into 2nd, but eventually the 2nd syncro gets buggered by all the boy racers who ragged em off the line

Every VAG car i've had has always been 'notchy' first to second, especially when warming up.
That also includes company cars that have been less than a year old!!
As for the oil, i can't remember what i used to use, i don't think it was redline, but agreed, the oil can make alot of difference 

[Dmonday]

Thanks for that Khare

Dan

[Khare]

No worries dude! Good guides there.

Just reporting that although I've done no tweeking or anything as I've been sorting out other stuff, this problems seems to have gone. Was fine this morning, as normal. Got to go to London tomorrow really early in the morning so will see if it's the cold that affects this.

[thai-wronghorse]

The problem with setting up the gearchange cables is they stretch over time.
All vw gearboxes seem to be the same with the 1st to 2nd gearchange.
I used to hold the clutch in for a bit longer and go gentle on the gearchange until the box warmed up.

That's exactly how i have to drive mine which tbh is rather irritating as you have to take it pretty easy for a while or end up crunching the box like hell. 

[thai-wronghorse]

So if i was doing a full gearbox oil change will i be needing 2 bottles of this gear?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Red-Line-MT-90-Manual-Transmission-Synth-Gearbox-Oil-MT-/280620406829?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item415647982d


Or this stuff?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Redline-MTL-Fully-Synthetic-70W90-gearbox-elise-golf-vw-/280620429236?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item415647efb4

[thai-wronghorse]

Hmm, after a bit or research into the matter im hearing mixed reviews on the stuff and quite a few people are saying to stick to the genuine VW fluid as it's better at lower temperatures whereas the Redline stuff is best under high temp eg. motorsport / racing etc....What do you guys think or have experienced using the Redline fluids?

[Khare]

As RJ said, some people swear by it and I have heard of it work miracles on gearboxes with crunches, whines and bangs. I've not experimented with it myself so I can't comment on experience.