King RA

Hi, I have a jap WRX RA and noticed a dipstick to the left of the intercooler by the exhaust manifold, can you tell me what this is for please.

S.B.

The one for gearbox oil?

greasemonkey

How long did it take you to notice that?!

King RA

Just over a year

greasemonkey

Grief! Was there any oil left?

King RA

hehe, luckily it is actually above the full level still, car had a new engine 10,000 miles ago.

MorayMackenzie

The gearbox dipstick also doubles as the breather.

pthomlinson@hotmail.com

read this thread the other day and thought I'd better check it out on my car - MY00

Ok so mines a bit low, where do I top it up (probably an obvious answer coming my way soon) and any recommendations for which oil to use?

CraigCH

You fill it down the dipstick hole. Use a short bit of new garden hose and its easy. My dealer recomended shell 80 90 gear oil.Beware that the oil level seems to be affected by the car being on a slope. Just 2 parking spaces over in our visually flat car park can make the oil level look either too high or too low.
Craig

S.B.

You can get a funnel with a long flexi pipe on the end from halfords etc....

Gridlock Mikey

Fill a soup bowl with your chosen oil, remove the dipstick and just throw the oil in the general direction A little bit will go down the tube, the rest will go all over ya engine bay and onto your drive.
That's what it always looks like i've done whenever i top up

Mikey (I'm only kidding, just leaves a funny picture in my mind, bloke throwing a bowl of oil into his engine bay !! )

greasemonkey

If you want to achieve the same effect, simply remove the dipstick and leave it in the house.

Over time, rainwater will find its way through the hole and sink to the bottom of the gearbox. Thus, when you do replace the gearstick and check the level, it will appear to be fine.



...Oh, if you have I/C water spray, regularly pressing the manual button will assist this process