gearbox overfilled
23 October 2013, 02:27 PM
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gearbox overfilled
I have a 6 spd box, and recently bought some millers crx 75w90 from Alyn at as performance, for the last 10 days everytime i jacked the car up, as soon as I put axle stands on it started raining.
Ended up taking the car to a garage in glasgow that apparantely has a good rep, checked the level five mins ago, and its WAY over the full line
Im wondering if they put the whole five litres in! Is this damaging to the gearbox?
To make matters worse the idiot parked my car over the kerb with about 3mm between the splitter and kerb, then left it in gear! Lucky I always checks its in neautral before starting. Definately wont be going back there again.
Ended up taking the car to a garage in glasgow that apparantely has a good rep, checked the level five mins ago, and its WAY over the full line
Im wondering if they put the whole five litres in! Is this damaging to the gearbox?
To make matters worse the idiot parked my car over the kerb with about 3mm between the splitter and kerb, then left it in gear! Lucky I always checks its in neautral before starting. Definately wont be going back there again.
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23 October 2013, 04:14 PM
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23 October 2013, 04:55 PM
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AFAIK, it might be different on scoobies, but someone should be able to correct me.
The drain hole they are reffering to doesnt drain the whole GBOX, it is just a level indicator at the top of the box, so you unbolt it,c ollect the oil which sets the level and then put the bolt back in, it only drains excess oil
The drain hole they are reffering to doesnt drain the whole GBOX, it is just a level indicator at the top of the box, so you unbolt it,c ollect the oil which sets the level and then put the bolt back in, it only drains excess oil
23 October 2013, 05:08 PM
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I reckon there's a good chance they only drained from the bottom of the front diff. There's another drain plug in the small sump at the base of the gearbox itself, covered by a plastic undershield. If you don't know scoobies it's easy to miss.
Ask them if they drained from both drain points.
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Ask them if they drained from both drain points.
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I reckon there's a good chance they only drained from the bottom of the front diff. There's another drain plug in the small sump at the base of the gearbox itself, covered by a plastic undershield. If you don't know scoobies it's easy to miss.
Ask them if they drained from both drain points.
JohnD
Ask them if they drained from both drain points.
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