DIY: Change Manual Gearbox Oil
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DIY: Change Manual Gearbox Oil
MANUAL GEARBOX OIL CHANGE
By SilverGPX
Okay heres a guide on how to change your FTO Manual gearbox oil, im not going into oil specifics and what you should run, but youll need a bottle thats going to fill around 2.1 Litres.
Tools and equipment you will need:
1. Jack of some sort
2. 17mm & 24mm Sockets
3. Socket Wrench or Breaker Bar
4. Container that is able to hold at least 3L of drained oil
5. New Bottle of Gearbox Oil
6. GLOVES!! this stuff stinks
7. Funnel, Short Piece of Hose & Stickytape.
What needs to be done:
Step 1. Find some stable ground, handbrake on, jack it up so you can get underneath.
Step 2. Find the Oil Filler Bolt, its on the passenger side, down under past the airbox, it has "OIL" written on it, its the left bolt in this icture, its a 17mm.
Step 3. Pop down under the car with your ratchet or breaker bar equipped with 17mm socket, undo the Oil Filler Bolt, make sure youve got a container underneath incase some comes out.
Put the bolt in a safe place so it wont get dirty.
Step 4. A Bit further down towards the driveshaft is the Oil Drain Bolt, its a 24mm
I needed a breakerbar to crack this one, have a container underneath,
it comes out pretty quick to begin with when you take it off and ends up as a dribble like this.
I left mine for around twenty minutes.
Heres what mine came out, pretty disgusting i reckon its been in there about 80000kms It STINKS!!
Step 5. Replace the Oil Drain Bolt, making sure its tight and wipe around the edges so you can tell if its leaking later.
My Gearbox oil wasnt a squirt type one so if your unlucky like me, i made up a nice little contraption with a funnel and sticky taping on some pipe like this.
Step 6. Lower the car so that its level for filling,
Push the hose into the oil filler hole like this and FILL! or Squirt!
(If you have a bottle that squirts)
Place a container under the filler hole
FILL FILL FILL
I used basically the whole bottle before taking the hose out, when the gearbox oil is full it will start to come back out of the filler hole.
Don't be worried about overfilling just let all the excess drain out like the following.
It does take between 2.1 to 2.4Litres.
Step 7. Pop the Oil Filler Bolt Back in and your good to go! Dispose of your oil properly too
By SilverGPX
Okay heres a guide on how to change your FTO Manual gearbox oil, im not going into oil specifics and what you should run, but youll need a bottle thats going to fill around 2.1 Litres.
Tools and equipment you will need:
1. Jack of some sort
2. 17mm & 24mm Sockets
3. Socket Wrench or Breaker Bar
4. Container that is able to hold at least 3L of drained oil
5. New Bottle of Gearbox Oil
6. GLOVES!! this stuff stinks
7. Funnel, Short Piece of Hose & Stickytape.
What needs to be done:
Step 1. Find some stable ground, handbrake on, jack it up so you can get underneath.
Step 2. Find the Oil Filler Bolt, its on the passenger side, down under past the airbox, it has "OIL" written on it, its the left bolt in this icture, its a 17mm.
Step 3. Pop down under the car with your ratchet or breaker bar equipped with 17mm socket, undo the Oil Filler Bolt, make sure youve got a container underneath incase some comes out.
Put the bolt in a safe place so it wont get dirty.
Step 4. A Bit further down towards the driveshaft is the Oil Drain Bolt, its a 24mm
I needed a breakerbar to crack this one, have a container underneath,
it comes out pretty quick to begin with when you take it off and ends up as a dribble like this.
I left mine for around twenty minutes.
Heres what mine came out, pretty disgusting i reckon its been in there about 80000kms It STINKS!!
Step 5. Replace the Oil Drain Bolt, making sure its tight and wipe around the edges so you can tell if its leaking later.
My Gearbox oil wasnt a squirt type one so if your unlucky like me, i made up a nice little contraption with a funnel and sticky taping on some pipe like this.
Step 6. Lower the car so that its level for filling,
Push the hose into the oil filler hole like this and FILL! or Squirt!
(If you have a bottle that squirts)
Place a container under the filler hole
FILL FILL FILL
I used basically the whole bottle before taking the hose out, when the gearbox oil is full it will start to come back out of the filler hole.
Don't be worried about overfilling just let all the excess drain out like the following.
It does take between 2.1 to 2.4Litres.
Step 7. Pop the Oil Filler Bolt Back in and your good to go! Dispose of your oil properly too
Last edited by silverGPX on Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Cracking write up. Straight to DIY
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I knew it!! Even manuals had trans oil.. I've been led to believe that there only is coolant and no oil in a manual transmission!
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You've been spending faaaar too much time with the v.tec gang at Mt Druitt Starbucks mateGholdwayne wrote:I knew it!! Even manuals had trans oil.. I've been led to believe that there only is coolant and no oil in a manual transmission!
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Sweet DIY, well done
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Bennoz wrote:You've been spending faaaar too much time with the v.tec gang at Mt Druitt Starbucks mateGholdwayne wrote:I knew it!! Even manuals had trans oil.. I've been led to believe that there only is coolant and no oil in a manual transmission!
LOL NO!! v-tec
Actually Olly told me that, and him having apprentice mechanic experience and me having lacked technical knowledge, I did not argue with him .
Its true, there is quite a v-tec gang presence in MTD Starbucks
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Re: DIY: Change Manual Gearbox Oil
Ofcorse theres gearbox oil!!!!!! Even I knew that
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Thanks guys
Oh and is that an ok oil to use? pm me
Oh and is that an ok oil to use? pm me
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Yeah, very nice DIY! Notice much difference?
Will be doing this soon after seeing this, cheers.
Will be doing this soon after seeing this, cheers.
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holy sh*t yes, i used to grind sorta into third after 2nd 50% of the time and downshifting into 2nd was a nightmare, its fixed all that.
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nice write up!
some cars, which i know from my friend who drives a 180sx, the gearbox uses the same oil as the engine. wonder why.
some cars, which i know from my friend who drives a 180sx, the gearbox uses the same oil as the engine. wonder why.
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Different metallurgy used in the box design. Same as my old mini, motor sits ontop of the box, all one common area.
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- you know what im talking aboutsilverGPX wrote:Dispose of your oil properly too
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Just dumped another 5L of WRX on same area, that bush is thriving now
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I've got a spot like that. Couple litres of brake fluid stopped some pesky grass regrowth the other day
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Changed mine on Sunday, massive difference in the feel of the box!!
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FYI: Penrite has a new fully synthetic oil out which meets all the requirements. Comes in at around $35 which is excellent and has an API-GL4 rating.
Wish i knew about this before I bought my $30/litre Nulon bottles.
Just to recap a manual Fto Gearbox holds 2.2L and this bottle is 2.5
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Wish i knew about this before I bought my $30/litre Nulon bottles.
Just to recap a manual Fto Gearbox holds 2.2L and this bottle is 2.5
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That's not bad that stuff, I've used it before. Perfect size bottle too
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Digging up threads here but anyone got recommendations on oil to use? Local SCA doesn't have Penrite.
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