Slight gearbox over-fill
13 February 2008, 10:15 PM
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Slight gearbox over-fill
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I changed the gearbox oil on my MY03 STI today.
I removed both drain plugs and renewed the copper washers.
The handbook stated that 4.1 litres was needed.
I put in less than 4 litres and still the oil level is above the FULL marker on the dipstick.
Will this cause any problems?
Should I drain a small amount out?
Thanks
Steve
I changed the gearbox oil on my MY03 STI today.
I removed both drain plugs and renewed the copper washers.
The handbook stated that 4.1 litres was needed.
I put in less than 4 litres and still the oil level is above the FULL marker on the dipstick.
Will this cause any problems?
Should I drain a small amount out?
Thanks
Steve
14 February 2008, 06:43 PM
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Hi
I changed the gearbox oil on my MY03 STI today.
I removed both drain plugs and renewed the copper washers.
The handbook stated that 4.1 litres was needed.
I put in less than 4 litres and still the oil level is above the FULL marker on the dipstick.
Will this cause any problems?
Should I drain a small amount out?
Thanks
Steve
I changed the gearbox oil on my MY03 STI today.
I removed both drain plugs and renewed the copper washers.
The handbook stated that 4.1 litres was needed.
I put in less than 4 litres and still the oil level is above the FULL marker on the dipstick.
Will this cause any problems?
Should I drain a small amount out?
Thanks
Steve
something to do with keeping fifth covered i think?
14 February 2008, 08:43 PM
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6 speed box has oil pump to transfer oil to a tray at top of box so johnny's advice only applies to 5 speed. I know to my cost as I had input shaft oil seal fail and tipped 2L of oil on my clutch. £12 for oil seal and £400 for labour and clutch repair to say nothing of the stink of that much gearbox oil on the exhaust. DOH.
15 February 2008, 12:15 AM
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Are you putting the seal failure to being over filled? The seal in question isn't under oil pressure, and you would need to overfill it by another 4 litres of so to bring the oil level up enough to submerge the oil seal!
6 speed box has oil pump to transfer oil to a tray at top of box so johnny's advice only applies to 5 speed. I know to my cost as I had input shaft oil seal fail and tipped 2L of oil on my clutch. £12 for oil seal and £400 for labour and clutch repair to say nothing of the stink of that much gearbox oil on the exhaust. DOH.
15 February 2008, 10:19 AM
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No, not due to overfilling. Sorry if I said something misleading. Was just making the point that there was no advantage in overfilling a 6 speed.
The seal died of prematurely at 5yr/50k and was just bad luck, little springy thing running round the outside of the seal fell off (track day abuse and paddle clutch no doubt helped). I understand it is not under pressure but it sure comes out fairly quick if seal falls apart. Good news is that the underside of my car is well rustproofed now.
The seal died of prematurely at 5yr/50k and was just bad luck, little springy thing running round the outside of the seal fell off (track day abuse and paddle clutch no doubt helped). I understand it is not under pressure but it sure comes out fairly quick if seal falls apart. Good news is that the underside of my car is well rustproofed now.
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No they don't. Not a "pump" in the conventional sense, they have a system to distribute oil, but the 6 speed is totally different in that it has an actual pump, filter and sump arrangement with pressurised oiling.
21 February 2008, 12:24 PM
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That's right, I have never seen a road going manual box on any car with an oil pressure feed system. They are always just to pump oil through some sort of heat exchanger.
In my defence, the discussion was about pumps, not about what they did
David
In my defence, the discussion was about pumps, not about what they did
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22 February 2008, 10:07 PM
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FWIW:
The big Porsche turbos had a pump to squirt oil into meshing gears and to get oil to an on-board cooler, the RSR's to an external cooler.
My box has a small pump to circulate the oil through a small coiled tube cooler.
All this boosted the reliability of the old 915 box no end till the G50 came along in 88.
The big Porsche turbos had a pump to squirt oil into meshing gears and to get oil to an on-board cooler, the RSR's to an external cooler.
My box has a small pump to circulate the oil through a small coiled tube cooler.
All this boosted the reliability of the old 915 box no end till the G50 came along in 88.
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