3.0ltr Quattro stronic vs horsebox

[Alan02]

The S-tronic isn't your ordinary DSG .

Its a dual clutch gearbox, nowt ordinary about any version of them. I do understand their operation.

[A55]

Dsg is meant to be serviced 38k so it’s a little late but not hugely late and if it shift smoothly then I wouldn’t worry too much
I’ll be more concerned about coolant leak.

The coolant leak will just be the egr cooler-very weak system, seen wayyyyy too many fail !!!

[bluezie]

So I wonder how Audi decide their service schedule for DSG? As I said in an earlier post, a car that's thrashed from traffic light to traffic light, and sits in 'D' with the clutch slipping, or one hammered up and down twisty mountain passes, is going to suffer a huge amount more clutch wear, (thus oil contamination) than a car pootling along the motorway in 7th, where effectively the DSG oil is doing not a lot of work for long periods.
Presumably, they have to factor the oil change somewhere towards the worst case scenario, so they don't get blown boxes here there and everywhere.

I recently changed my oil at 40K, and as I drained it, I thought, really? This oil is still yellow, I was expecting very contaminated black oil out. (as I get from my motorcycle gearbox) It was only when I poured the oil into a 5 Litre can that the slight blackness showed. Perhaps if our car had been hammered, it would have been black sludge coming out?

[A55]

I imagen it would be down to the oil's shear point after --whatever milage-ware and tare ??? much like the long life engine oil-haha- ten K oil change dont care what Audi say !!! gearbox- well I have had one or two-- manual tho and never changed oil to date--the autos "might be put under more ware I dont realy know one way or another, so prob not of any help--(I should have read and not replyed-haha)