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Its Only Me Again
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:15 pm Post subject:
Gearbox oil at lower temps |
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do you drivers in the colder (-5C and more below) countries put a thinner
oil in your gearboxes.
In Hampshire UK we were -7C (yea I know it's not that cold) this morning and
my auto box was noticeably not changing into 5th very often.
dj
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daytripper
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Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:57 am Post subject:
Re: Gearbox oil at lower temps |
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:15:49 +0000 (UTC), "Its Only Me Again"
<no@yesbtinternet.com> wrote:
| Quote: | do you drivers in the colder (-5C and more below) countries put a thinner
oil in your gearboxes.
In Hampshire UK we were -7C (yea I know it's not that cold) this morning and
my auto box was noticeably not changing into 5th very often.
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Some autoboxen adjust shifts for engine/tranny temperature, holding off on
upper gears until the moving bits have warmed up... |
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R@L
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Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:59 am Post subject:
Re: Gearbox oil at lower temps |
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"Its Only Me Again" <no@yesbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | do you drivers in the colder (-5C and more below) countries put a thinner
oil in your gearboxes.
In Hampshire UK we were -7C (yea I know it's not that cold) this morning
and my auto box was noticeably not changing into 5th very often.
dj
No. Same oil for all temps. And a lot of typical Audi countries have temps |
well below you 7 degrees.
No problems. What you should do in winter is: start your car and drive of at
low revs for a while.
The old fashion of heating up the engine and then drive doesn't warm the
gearbox oil.
Ron
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Jay Somerset
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Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:06 am Post subject:
Re: Gearbox oil at lower temps |
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:15:49 +0000 (UTC), "Its Only Me Again"
<no@yesbtinternet.com> wrote:
| Quote: | do you drivers in the colder (-5C and more below) countries put a thinner
oil in your gearboxes.
In Hampshire UK we were -7C (yea I know it's not that cold) this morning and
my auto box was noticeably not changing into 5th very often.
dj
I use the same transmission oil all year round. However,I have noticed that |
my 1998 A6Q (2.8 auto) will delay shifts to higher gears until the engine
has warmed up, especially when going uphill. I suspect that this is normal,
although it is slightly more noticeable in the winter (-15 to -20C here in
Montreal) than in the summer.
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Jay.
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