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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 06:14 PM
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prob an easy question but can anyone tell me how much and what type of gearbox oil I should get...
my mate is changing my gearbox on saturday and he said to bring gearbox oil so I guess I need to fill the new box with fresh.

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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 10:22 PM
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oops forgot to add the car is a 1996 UK impreza turbo
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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4 litres of castrol syntrax driveline. halfords do it. very good oil. £10 a litre. worth it though as it fixed my second gear syncro crunch.
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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so is it supposed to be 4 liters of a 75W/90 oil I get?

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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 11:28 PM
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Yep that's right.
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 09:50 AM
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how much in a 6 speed my 02 sti mate.
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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Halfords charge 12.49 a bottle for the syntrax,unless you have a trade card
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Not sure about the 6 speed I'm afraid. My lowly 5 speed MY00 needs just over 4l.
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 12:29 PM
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If you're local to Luton, i could meet you at Halfords to save you the £10 with my card?
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