sprinks
Drag Racing Champion
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2nd DSG change, first on them mk7. Last one was on my 2010 jetta tdi, same gearbox. Did that one via top-fill measure-refill.
Did the mk7 over the weekend via bottom fill method. Went smoothly with one minor laughable moment where i found my crush washer in my drain pan after already having brought it back to the ground (fell off while draining over-fill at temp). :| Easy fix, back up it goes to reinstall drain-plug with crush washer. Old fluid at 40k was same color as crudulus'
Also, for anyone curious, FCP euro has a decent kit that includes the vw/audi bottom fill adapter and fluid-transfer pump that threads to the liquimoly bottles (and presumably other brand bottles as well).
Reinstall snorkel, install bottom fill adapter, Attach the fluid transfer pump hose to the adapter and put the pump on the bottle of dsg fluid. The FTP made the fill process super quick (~1 min per bottle or less?).
I'll say i preferred the bottom-fill method since i had the tools for the job (ramps, jack, jackstands, fluid transfer pump, bottom fill tool, obd11 for temperature check of dsg fluid and the dsg adaptation). Top-fill worked fine when i wanted to do it curbside and needed to just get it done with minimal amounts of tools.
Did the mk7 over the weekend via bottom fill method. Went smoothly with one minor laughable moment where i found my crush washer in my drain pan after already having brought it back to the ground (fell off while draining over-fill at temp). :| Easy fix, back up it goes to reinstall drain-plug with crush washer. Old fluid at 40k was same color as crudulus'
Also, for anyone curious, FCP euro has a decent kit that includes the vw/audi bottom fill adapter and fluid-transfer pump that threads to the liquimoly bottles (and presumably other brand bottles as well).
Reinstall snorkel, install bottom fill adapter, Attach the fluid transfer pump hose to the adapter and put the pump on the bottle of dsg fluid. The FTP made the fill process super quick (~1 min per bottle or less?).
I'll say i preferred the bottom-fill method since i had the tools for the job (ramps, jack, jackstands, fluid transfer pump, bottom fill tool, obd11 for temperature check of dsg fluid and the dsg adaptation). Top-fill worked fine when i wanted to do it curbside and needed to just get it done with minimal amounts of tools.
