DATE: 9/8/2021
Name: G
Year: 2010
Make: VW
Model: TDI JSW w/ DSG
Date of auto production: - 2010
Engine code: CJAA (post modification, March 2019)
Transmission Code: - Don't know and too lazy to go look.
Date of DSG Production: - Not going to do that
Purchased, New or Used: Bought 2010 as CPO from Dealer late 2011.
Miles when purchased: 35,000
Current miles: - " 130,000
Area of country: - Texas Car Bought and Owned in West Tennessee
Fuel Statistics: - Pre Mod 52 best/43 average/38 worst (MPG)
Fuel Statistics: - Post Mod 50* best/39 avg/33 worst (MPG)
*No AC, 65 mph max, drafting semi trailer truck for a few hundred miles, 48 mpg more realistic Econ cruise. 45 mph if speeding 75 mph, AC.
NOTES: Rock Solid, fast shifts, totally trouble free and fun to drive in D or manually. S or sport don't use. If I want to get sporty I go manual but S is an option. I will say in D it selects one or two gears too high to exit a slow speed corner. So you slow with brakes and take a corner. If you want to accelerate out of the corner faster you need to be one or two gears lower. If you putt putt around getting the groceries normal driving D is excellent. If you want to accelerate you need to manually downshift sometimes. Just slap gear shift over to manual and click down shift one or two gears coming out of the corner. Then the TDI torque smile. Sweeping high speed turn (on ramp) gears is not an issue, but manual shifting is always an option. But 90% of the time the DSG in D does a great job.
Oil & Filter Change
My car 35K @ dealer (when I bought it), 65K @ Independent VW/Audi shop, 100K DIY by drain, measured removed oil, top fill from filter, new filter, added what I took out PLUS 10 oz, did the drain/burp* engine running at temperature (Per VW manual, using Ross tech cable for temperature *) with car jacked up and plug out stand pipe in.
Note there are two ways to get oil BACK into the DSG is a somewhat special tool that pushes OIL up from the bottom drain plug. The other way is pour it in where the filter screws in (under the battery) or top fill. The flow of oil is slow pouring oil from top but not too bad... may be 10 minutes. This is how I did it and it worked great for me. The took if you have it might be faster but then you have all these hoses with oil in them.... kind of a mess to store or clean up.
Note if you get your car (DSG) up to normal operating temperature before starting DSG oil change, work fairly quickly (within an hour), spring/summer ambient temps, as soon as you put fresh oil back in, filter, battery, the DSG oil is near optimal temperature for burping, no need to warm up oil it is already near specified temperature. You will start the car to burp however.
Note: I did a DOUBLE check by measuring removed oil. I put that exact measured amount back of new oil (VW approved of course). I added or over filled 10 oz. and did the Burping. It all came out as expected and burped out about 7 or 8 oz. Next time I am just going to refill with measured amount drained (from plug and filter) and not bother with the BURP... (Burp = is my name for setting oil level per VW manual.)
BURP for those who don't know is my name for the messy pia method of filling DSG to proper level. You overfill it. With car jacked and level you run the engine with drain plug OUT but standpipe in. There is a STANDPIPE that screws in and is at the proper oil level. (The stand pipe screws out to fully drain.) You run the engine, shift the transmission and make sure it is at proper temperature (not too hot not too cool). Then when oil stops BLURPING out, you put the drain plug in (and torque it to spec) and turn engine off. You will not get the proper oil level if you don't have transmission at Temp, engine running and car level (you can't just have front of car on ramps or jacked and back of car lower). That is it. Of course it is a bit messy and waste expensive transmission oil. Measure what you removed and add that amount back (including the filter) you will be darn close and may elect to avoid the BURP mess.