How regularly do you change your gearbox oil?

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How regularly do you change your gearbox oil?

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Some say do it once and forget about it, others say do it regularly.

What does everyone on here think and do themselves? (from a street driven scenario - I know track is different)

I last replaced mine a year ago when I got the car. Should I chuck some new stuff in with my next service?
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I would change it every 50000-80000K's but that would still be over kill.
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aza013 wrote:I would change it every 50000-80000K's but that would still be over kill.
not at all. at least thats what the gurus said! lol

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I do it every much sooner than 50000kms.
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i change mine every 10000 :lol:

i better start changing it less frequently
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eh?
you mean MORE frequently?
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Short answer is "when it needs to be changed".

It should be checked every 20,000k but will usually last double that and more but that all depends on how it is driven and how good a condition the box is in.

Oh and the above is referring to manual box
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zuihoujueding wrote:eh?
you mean MORE frequently?
Less.
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zuihoujueding wrote:eh?
you mean MORE frequently?

no i mean less :lol:
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