Gearbox Oil

[mossop]

hi again;)

 

as mentioned in a previous post i have just replaced the springs on my wofes c3 1.4 desire. However during the process i nadvertantly pulled the driveshafts out enough for the gearbox oil to leak out.

 

oooops

 

ok i said i will just top it up slight snag tho how or where do you fill it up/

 

the picture in the haynes manual doesnt match the gearbox on the car

i removed the wheel archliner and this i s what isaw

 

a pressed metal dish type panel with indentations on held on by 3 bolts to the right ( rear of car) i can see what appears to be the drain plug but how is the damn thing filled?

 

any helpwould be very much apreciated indeed!!!

 

 

cheers in advance

Graham

[Guest Colin Hunter]

Hi there! There are two plugs in the gearbox. Both on the nearside of the car. One is on the bottom side of the differential casing and is the drain plug. The other is on the side of the box forward of the steel pressing. This is the level plug. Remove the plug and fill the box through it until the oil flows out of the hole, then replace the plug. This should be done with the car level so that the gearbox level is correct. The Oil is probably 70w/80 EP and comes in 1 litre bottles. They sometimes have an extending spout so that the oil can be squeezed out of them and into the gearbox. Another way is to get a funnel and a piece of tubing which will fit on the funnel and go into the hole. It takes a while and is AWKWARD! The garages generally have a large syringe type thing that they use for this purpose you may even be able to buy one from Halfords or such.

 

Cheers Hope this helps.

[Andrew C3]

Hi there! There are two plugs in the gearbox. Both on the nearside of the car. One is on the bottom side of the differential casing and is the drain plug. The other is on the side of the box forward of the steel pressing. This is the level plug. Remove the plug and fill the box through it until the oil flows out of the hole, then replace the plug. This should be done with the car level so that the gearbox level is correct. The Oil is probably 70w/80 EP and comes in 1 litre bottles. They sometimes have an extending spout so that the oil can be squeezed out of them and into the gearbox. Another way is to get a funnel and a piece of tubing which will fit on the funnel and go into the hole. It takes a while and is AWKWARD! The garages generally have a large syringe type thing that they use for this purpose you may even be able to buy one from Halfords or such.

 

Cheers Hope this helps.

 

Mossop

 

Did you find the plug to fill the gearbox as I have just done the very thing that you have on a 14HDi SX, I just registered to write the same msg.

 

Andrew