Gearbox type

[SteveH]

Hi,

Can someone pls confirm which tranny is fitted to a 91 3B?

Is it the 01A or a 5 speed 01E?

Charlie Smith's site - http://www.elektro.com/~audi/01E/ind1.html

There is some info on a 'flexible' necked down mainshaft fitted to some early S2s. This can be added to the debate about widened, hardened gears on the 5/6 speed boxes.

Cheers
Steve.

[Audi Parts Guru]

Steve,it's an 01A type box and the code is ARV

[SteveH]

Thanks Mr Guru

How's the hunt for your S2 going?

Steve.

[montyrs2]

To save another thread I thought i'd add to this one.

What is the gearbox code in an ABY or is their more than one? At this stage it's mostly curiosity. Also what gear & diff oil do people use?

[Error404]

S2 01E is a CGR

[montyrs2]

S2 01E is a CGR

Cheers, anything to look out for on them? Mine seems fine but want it to stay that way.

Thinking of changing oil so curious what should go into it. I have a litre of Redline heavy shock left over from a big power Skyline I had but that seems like over kill!

Car is in the air at the moment so seems like the ideal time.

[SteveH]

This is some way old thread!

[S2central.net]

Might be a new record for thread resurrection !

Have a search on the forum for gearbox oil - it has been done before - I am sure.

[Error404]

Any high quality fully synthetic GL-4. Must be GL-4. Don't be fooled by universal oils claiming to be GL-4 & GL-5 compliant.
I made that mistake and luckily GT500 corrected me, the GL-5 oil is too slippery and will trash the shift hubs & syncros over time.

[AndyP]

I've just drained the GL5 out of mine and replacing it with this:-

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-739-castrol-syntrans-multivehicle-75w-90-fully-synthetic-mtf-replaces-smx-s-75w-85.aspx

[mike74]

eeeek! I've recently had my box oil changed over to "Millers Oils CRX 75w-90 NT Competition full synthetic". Have I made a f**k up here or is this ok? The description in Opie oils site says its ok so must be true?!

[AndyP]

It was Opie that I listened to

The box shifted fine with the GL5 in, but if it's slowly knackering the synchro's it's no good.

[rynaqui]

Going to get the box out this weekend and have Fuchs Sintofluid 75W80 GL5 oil, should I go change this for a semi synthetic 75W90 GL4 & GL5 grade oil?

[S2central.net]

Fully synthetic GL4 is what you need (75W90)

[SteveH]

I've just drained the GL5 out of mine and replacing it with this:-

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-739-cast...-s-75w-85.aspx

Good stuff and sensibly priced