Changing out the gear oil in a 96 Jetta GL w/ 5spd...

Hello,

A co-worker of mine owns a 1996 VW Jetta GL w/ 5 spd tranny. Lately
she’s been hearing a whine from the shifter area when coming to a stop
or accelerating from one. The noise has been growing for about two
months. It’s definitely dependant on the vehicle’s speed and not the
engine’s.

I know there are a few possible causes. I don’t pretend to know what’s
most common with VW’s though... don’t know a thing about most of them.

My thought was check the tranny for leaks, flush and fill the tranny
with some good gear oil like Redline 75W90. And baring leaking seals
see how it holds up. She’s certain she’s never had the gear oil
changed and the car has 110K miles.

Is there an online copy of the service manual for this car?

My questions a
1) I presume the drain’s easy enough to find, what about the fill
plug? Does anyone have a pic of where it’s at?
2) How much oil does this tranny require?
3) Is there a filter?

Thanks!

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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:25:10 GMT, cre > wrote:

>
>My thought was check the tranny for leaks, flush and fill the tranny
>with some good gear oil like Redline 75W90.

Do check to make sure that it requires/uses 75W90... Many small car
transmissions use either engine oil (30W) or ATF for lubricant, not
gear oil. Gear oil is usually only found in heavy duty transmissions
that usually don't have syncros...

> Do check to make sure that it requires/uses 75W90... Many small car
> transmissions use either engine oil (30W) or ATF for lubricant, not
> gear oil. Gear oil is usually only found in heavy duty transmissions
> that usually don't have syncros...

No. It needs 75W90, and it needs GL-4 gear oil, not GL-5. Try Redline
MT-90.

Gear oil is found in transmissions made by manufacturers that won't
sacrifice long-term reliability for a couple extra fractions of a mpg --
in my opinion, of course.

AFAIK there are no online service manuals for Volkswagens (or any other
vehicle manufacturer for that matter). Bentley sells excellent service
manuals for various VW, Audi, etc. vehicles. They are priced at about $50 or
less. No other service manual is as good.

"Papa" > wrote in message
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> AFAIK there are no online service manuals for Volkswagens (or any other
> vehicle manufacturer for that matter). Bentley sells excellent service
> manuals for various VW, Audi, etc. vehicles. They are priced at about $50
> or less. No other service manual is as good.

many of the bentleys are offered in CD format too for your computer, so it's
semi-online. however i've heard they sometimes are harder to navigate in CD
format.

hmmm FYI
alldata http://www.alldatadiy.com/alldata/AF...%7EC8000%7EN/0 has an
online manual for the Volkswagen.
and
Bentley http://ebahn.bentleypublishers.com/i...tm?ticket=null has one too
but I don't think that it goes back to 1996.

Both are too expensive for a cheap person like me. <g>

I have some new but obsolete Popular Science auto repair manuals on CD.
When I tried to activate one I couldn't but alldata gave me a 1 year
subscription to their online repair manual on my vehicle. I might try to
activate another to see if I can get another year. ;-)

I usually buy a Bentley paper or a CD manual from amazon.com or ebay.com .
I might have a cheap Haynes manual if you just want some interesting
reading. Might even help you do one repair! lol

later,
dave
(One out of many daves)


"Papa" > wrote in message
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> AFAIK there are no online service manuals for Volkswagens (or any other
> vehicle manufacturer for that matter). Bentley sells excellent service
> manuals for various VW, Audi, etc. vehicles. They are priced at about $50
> or less. No other service manual is as good.
>
>

"Matt B." > wrote in message
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> "Papa" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
>> AFAIK there are no online service manuals for Volkswagens (or any other
>> vehicle manufacturer for that matter). Bentley sells excellent service
>> manuals for various VW, Audi, etc. vehicles. They are priced at about $50
>> or less. No other service manual is as good.
>
> many of the bentleys are offered in CD format too for your computer, so
> it's semi-online. however i've heard they sometimes are harder to
> navigate in CD format.
>
Suppose so. But I can't imagine doing any maintenance or repairs while
flipping through a CD. Nothing more convenient than a paper manual sitting
on the workbench or on the fender. On the other hand, selected pages from
the CD could be printed out.

"Papa" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> Suppose so. But I can't imagine doing any maintenance or repairs while
> flipping through a CD. Nothing more convenient than a paper manual sitting
> on the workbench or on the fender. On the other hand, selected pages from
> the CD could be printed out.

True (printing out). I guess the thought is that you could have a cheap
(and old) laptop in your garage while doing repairs, especially with a VW
because people that do a lot of their own repairs on a newer VW might also
have VAG-COM running on a laptop in their garage...so why not have the
Bentley on a CD too...?

"Matt B." > wrote in message
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> "Papa" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
>> Suppose so. But I can't imagine doing any maintenance or repairs while
>> flipping through a CD. Nothing more convenient than a paper manual
>> sitting on the workbench or on the fender. On the other hand, selected
>> pages from the CD could be printed out.
>
> True (printing out). I guess the thought is that you could have a cheap
> (and old) laptop in your garage while doing repairs, especially with a VW
> because people that do a lot of their own repairs on a newer VW might also
> have VAG-COM running on a laptop in their garage...so why not have the
> Bentley on a CD too...?
>
I'm thinking about doing that myself (putting a laptop in my garage). Not
only the Bentley CD & VAG-COM, but with a wireless hookup to the laptop,
many helpful online sources would also be available.

Thanks for the information. I already have a couple quarts of MT90,
extra I had purchased for my car.

Now, can anyone answer my other questions or perhaps suggest a site
where I may find the rest of the info I need?

Thanks!

"Brian Running" wrote:
> > Do check to make sure that it requires/uses 75W90... Many
> small car
> > transmissions use either engine oil (30W) or ATF for
> lubricant, not
> > gear oil. Gear oil is usually only found in heavy duty
> transmissions
> > that usually don't have syncros...
>
> No. It needs 75W90, and it needs GL-4 gear oil, not GL-5.
> Try Redline
> MT-90.
>
> Gear oil is found in transmissions made by manufacturers that
> won't
> sacrifice long-term reliability for a couple extra fractions
> of a mpg --
> in my opinion, of course.

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