Pilgarlick Hi,
The gears dont clash or clunk.
I was looking at the redline oil that was suggested, and might buy some and
try it.
I will need someone to drain the existing oil, and then replace it with the
redline.
The new oil was replaced 3 weeks ago..

Thanks


I used to have a British Leyland Maestro with a VW gearbox that was really
horrible on gearchanges when cold but improved considerably when warm,
though it never became slick. I have a Golf and a Polo with similar
gearboxes and of similar ages to each other. The Polo change is beautiful,
slick and easy, with the Golf always sticky and hesitant to engage. These
situations have not markedly changed all the time I owned/ have owned any
of
the vehicles, with increasing mileage seemingly irrelevant to these
aspects.

Possible differences are manufacturing differences in tolerances box to
box.
Differences in the linkages making the boxes feel different. Differences
in
oil viscosity/ type box to box.

You may find there is a slight difference made in the "feel" of the box by
using different oil. You may also find a difference in the longevity of
the
box if you move away from the declared specification for the oil.

As you do not mention any clashing of the gears when engaging them I
assume
we can discount clutch drag caused by oil deposit on the plates. If this
is
the case then my advice is to grin and bear it. Nothing I tried has made a
h'apporth of difference to the state of play, but if you want to play
around
and experiment...................

Regards

Pilgarlick