Over filled gear box oil
27 February 2010, 08:56 PM
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 186
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Over filled gear box oil
Moral of the story, don't work on the car with a hangover!
This morning I ended up putting 5L of oil into the box of a pre face lift Classic WRX wagon, doh! Car wasn't on a level so was obviously reading wrong on the dip stick causing me to question my maths - no harm done (I hope!) since I'd only driven 100 yards to the local garage - but it's made me wonder what's the maximum amount of oil you should use, how much over fill to cover 4th? I'm guessing it's less than a litre
- and more importantly what might have happened if I'd not realised ... would it take out the oil seals?
This morning I ended up putting 5L of oil into the box of a pre face lift Classic WRX wagon, doh! Car wasn't on a level so was obviously reading wrong on the dip stick causing me to question my maths - no harm done (I hope!) since I'd only driven 100 yards to the local garage - but it's made me wonder what's the maximum amount of oil you should use, how much over fill to cover 4th? I'm guessing it's less than a litre
- and more importantly what might have happened if I'd not realised ... would it take out the oil seals?
Last edited by SteveMy96wrx; 27 February 2010 at 08:58 PM.
28 February 2010, 05:41 PM
#3
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 186
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Bubbles in gear oil
Well, syphoned out the excess but thought it worth commenting that when the gear oil was overfilled after a trip round the block I looked at the dip stick and it was quite obviously aerated - so I guess a good indicator of an overfill is bubbles in the oil!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Mattybr5@MB Developments
Full Cars Breaking For Spares
28
28 December 2015 11:07 PM
