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  • Originally posted by Activ8 View Post
    If you brim the gearbox with oil (as opposed to following the VAG guides) might that as it expands with the heat become solid with the pressure created?
    Any seals weeping / leaking TP?
    It wasn’t ever brimmed - 3ltrs went in, ask Fritz, he was there.

    Doubt it would expand and if it did the breather on the top would surely stop and pressure build up.

    No sure on leaks, it’s hard to see anything with the catastrophic engine oil leak.


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    • Originally posted by S49 View Post
      Why would you "brim" it? Surly you'd just fill it till it came out the level/filler plug.
      You can but a couple of gearbox specialists have told me to overfill these 02b’s as they suffer from oil starvation. Extra oil can run hotter but there bearings will still wear out well before that causes any issues they said. These 02b gearboxes really are complete wank when you start trying to shove actual power through them and not the milk float specs that T4’s usually run with.


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      • Are you still moving to an 02G box at some point? Just behind Reg which he'll like.

        Is it common in the boxes you've looked at and bought , for the shaft to pop through the bell housing? Is that down to Regs' torque 438Nm or nearly 200 more than the box is designed for? Lovely curves for just 1bar (14.7psi).


        Last edited by Activ8; 17 October 2021, 02:30 PM.

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        • O2G, is that the one with the open o/s driveshaft extension?

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          • Originally posted by Activ8 View Post
            Are you still moving to an 02G box at some point? Just behind Reg which he'll like.

            Is it common in the boxes you've looked at and bought , for the shaft to pop through the bell housing? Is that down to Regs' torque 438Nm or nearly 200 more than the box is designed for? Lovely curves for just 1bar (14.7psi).

            Yes absolutely will be going for an 02G in the very near future. 02b’s are just terrible and have multiple common weak areas/failure points when you start shoving decent power through them.


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            • Originally posted by S49 View Post
              O2G, is that the one with the open o/s driveshaft extension?
              Yes why, have you got one for me?


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              • No mate.If their stronger than the O2B i;d be stashing it fir Ron.

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                  Don't even think about asking Ron for them, he is as sociable as ol' man Cheesman.
                  Me cago en la madre que te parió!

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                  • Here we go again:


                    I’ve got a fair bit to do to the engine and stuff whilst it’s out so it’ll be off the road for a few weeks.


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                    • What the ......
                      Are you down grading the engine again TP, what's next, a smokeless coke hopper and mods?

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                      Last edited by Activ8; 8 November 2021, 09:57 AM.

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                      • Originally posted by Activ8 View Post
                        What the ......
                        Are you down grading the engine again TP, what's next, a smokeless coke hopper and mods?

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                        I’ll be man enough to admit that I’m fitting an ECU……..

                        The mTdi’s heart has thumped its last beat.

                        Going to stick a tweaked Volvo map on it and set it around 20psi for a start. Should thump. The torque of the mTdi was pretty epic (unless you’re a gearbox attached to it) but with an ECU it’ll improve further. Especially with the big boy turbo that’s on it.


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                        • Hi. Tommy. Why all the agg. My 2.5. Goes well as it is without all that messing around. Not suppose to be a race machine with 300 horses

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                          • Pity it didnt make it for a 2nd dyno run to peg it's success. Hats off to you TP on all levels.

                            Did you get to the bottom of your gearbox issue? Had it grenaded the lay shaft bearing and housing similar to Regs'?



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                            • Wow Tommy.!!! You know how to put yourself under pressure. Lol

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                              • Originally posted by frenchdna View Post
                                Wow Tommy.!!! You know how to put yourself under pressure. Lol
                                What pressure? He only works 3 hours a day. Mind, you don't want to know what he gets up to the reat of the day.
                                Pressure.......pfffffft!
                                Me cago en la madre que te parió!

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