gearbox oil

[stucupra r]

anybody got a guide to where to fill and drain and how much to put in. also is it worthwhile putting some sort of antishock gearbox oil. thanks

 

[Shaunyboy]

You will need the correct socket which is a spline one, there is one on the side of the box to fill up which is near the starter and the drain is on the very bottom.

Draper do these quite cheep as i bought one when i had to resort to mole grips on a bora once

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Draper-Expert...tZUK_Hand_Tools_Equipment?hash=item20adac0bbb


Just fully synthetic 75/90's will do mate.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-673-75w-90.aspx

Fuchs TITAN SINTOPOID SAE 75W-90 synthetic gear oil is good stuff, as is the motul, and the silkolene depends how much you want to spend. When i done the seals in my box il be filling it with the titan sintopoid.

 

[stucupra r]

You will need the correct socket which is a spline one, there is one on the side of the box to fill up which is near the starter and the drain is on the very bottom.

Draper do these quite cheep as i bought one when i had to resort to mole grips on a bora once

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Draper-Expert...tZUK_Hand_Tools_Equipment?hash=item20adac0bbb


Just fully synthetic 75/90's will do mate.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-673-75w-90.aspx

Fuchs TITAN SINTOPOID SAE 75W-90 synthetic gear oil is good stuff, as is the motul, and the silkolene depends how much you want to spend. When i done the seals in my box il be filling it with the titan sintopoid.

thank you very much mate most helpfull

 

[csd_19]

Check your box before buying any tools, some have a torx-headed like the one posted, others have a hex-head drain plug.

 

[Shaunyboy]

Alot, and i mean alot of the 02M boxes are torx, the hex i havent come across yet.

 

[csd_19]

Only reason I say to check is my 02M uses a hex instead of the torx one

Could be the later boxed cars use a torx, mine is a 51 plater.

 

[Shaunyboy]

Could well be right there matey, not saying your wrong i know there are hex's just not come across this

 

[csd_19]

Likewise mate, I've not seen one of the torx ones yet lol

 

[Mark300zx]

Sorry to hijack but do you fill it until it runs out and how many litres does it need?

 

[Shaunyboy]

Ages since i filled one but arroun 2 litres, yeh usual procedure of filling till it runs out, allow it to level for a second then put the plug back in.

 

[vwbassett]

I think mine took 2.4 as i remember i bought what i was sure was enough but then had to drive to two stealers for some more. Make sure its dead level when you fill dont attempt to jack it up just on the front. On my cupra r it was a security spline as pictured above but my 5 speed mk4 gti was a hex.

 

[Malice19]

Will this do the trick for my 03 LC, or should i get it from a stealer? That's if they can be bothered to answer their dam phone. God know how much more it will be from a stealer?

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-739-cas...ully-synthetic-mtf-replaces-smx-s-75w-85.aspx

Cheers