how do you check the oil level in a swing axel gbox and how much oil sould it take from empy????
cheers
matt
jack the car up on stands so it sits level and take out the filler plug LHS gear box , but you little finger in and you should get oil on tip of
finger when it just inside the hole.
If its low on oil , you just fill until it runs out filler hole, then put the plug back in.
Manual Transmission
CASTROL VMX 80
Mild extreme pressure gear oil with special viscosity stabilisers to overcome shift problems. Recommended for use in transaxles of most front wheel
drive vehicles with a transverse engine and manual transmissions experiencing low temperature shift problems. SAE 75W/80, API GL4.
Service Refill Capacity: 2.5 Litres
thanks ian, i may have a problem, I drained the oil out (bout a litre and a half came out) i put 2 ltrs back in (bout a week ago) and now has
developed a leak out of the "nose cone"of the gbox, any ideas?????
the car was jacked up at the back only, whether that matters?????
"nose cone" = the cover where the mount bolts to
thanks
matt
jsut check to make sure that any of the bolt are not loose.
But you may just have a worn selector seal, thats why you only got 1 1/2 litres of oil out.
how do i fix that?
matt
it has only been leaking since i changed the oil, never leaked in the 12years i have had it
cheers matt
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old oil might have been thicker
how are your axle boots?
swingers will leak alot thro little tears in them when going around corners/over bumps so u wont see oil on your garage floor much but u lose it when
driving along
the boots were replace 12 months ago and are still good,
thanks for the help guys,
i will be taking it off the road at the end of feb, if it stops leaking and it still changes fine should i leave fixing the seal then???? how does the
gbox feel (drive)when it has no oil in it?
cheers
matt
you would probably hear it before you felt it but Dave B could give you a better idea, but i imagine just harder to shift and probably give that feeling of dragging brakes
once again, thanks guys, will check it out and see what happens
matt