DSG OIL/FILTER & REAR SHOCKS PT3

The seven-speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) fitted to our project T5.1 Caravelle requires an oil and filter change every 40,000 miles. We get to work...

Words and photography Martyn Knowles

According to the excellent service history we have with our 2010 Volkswagen Caravelle, the DSG oil and filter change was last done in 2020 at 177,788 miles. The official gearbox oil and filter change regime is every 40,000 miles – the 25,000 miles travelled since 2020 is well within guidance but a recommended four years is given as a time schedule. The service book ticks the DSG oil and filter change in 2016 too – at 137k – but naughtily nothing is listed prior to this (whilst it was with its first owner). A seven-speed DSG unit fitted to smaller displacement VAG cars is different to what we have here. Despite officially being a ‘sealed for life unit’, for those gearboxes just 1.7 litres of gear oil is replenished. This…

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