changing gearbox oil

[carrots 1]

hi ive been doing a few jobs on the corrado today,1 job i keep forgeting to do is the gearbox oil.is it an easy job on a kr

[davidwort 0]

Drain from the bottom and fill from the front 17mm hex plug, make sure you can loosen the front fill hole first :)I have a 17mm Allen socket and small breaker bar which makes it a doddle on boxes that have never been refilled. A long tube for the gear oil bottle makes filling easier too, fill until it just drains out of the front fill hole, on level ground of course.

[carrots 1]

ok cheers,ive never even checked the oil so i reckon fresh oil wont harm

[davidwort 0]

Yeah, filled for life but will have a lot of wear off the gears and synchros floating about in it by now :)

[Roger Blassberg 0]

Give the car a good run before you drain it to get the oil as hot and as thin as possible. Undo the side filler plug first, then the drain, so that the oil flows easily; otherwise it gloops out and splashes all over the place. The faster it flows, the better are the chances that any residues and metal particles will wash out. Take care not to scald yourself with hot oil. The oil has a peculiar smell by its nature, that's quite normal and not an indication that anything is wrong.

 

Best wishes

 

RB

[carrots 1]

ive had plenty of the smelly stuff in my hair etc from my younger days with mk2 escorts lol

[fendervg 33]

I did this last week - http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?55703-fendervg-s-VR6-a.k.a-quot-The-Beast-quot-NCT-passed!/page3 -might be useful.