Gearbox oil

[Elf]

Hiya, on a 172 cup does anyone know where to fill up gear box oil ? I think. Mine is running low
Any diagrams would be a real help
Thanks

 

[caister]

There's a butterfly bolt on the front of the box. Unscrew it and fill it through there. The oil needs to be level with the bottom of that hole.

 

[Gray]

Fill until you spill

 

[James28]

I think thats the plug iirc! Its roughly 3.5 litres altogether I think. I just used a bit of tubing, and poured it in till it splilled out the hole.

Don't know if its different for sports mind, thats right for a non sport anyway

 

[Soot1e]

Thats the one^^^^ Sometimes a black plug. Its on the front side of the gearbox facing the radiator, Yer probably have to remove the airbox to make it easier.

 

[Gray]

3.1L to compeltly fill the box... but you can never fully drain them, so 3L will do to change the box oil

 

[Elf]

thanks for the helps guys,
any chance of getting a pic/diagram of where to drain it.
i think its better to drain it all out instead of just filling up

also do 172 cups drink oil at all?
if only had it a few weeks and just wondering?
my previous Honda s2000 was drinking like it was an alcoholic but it was normal for those cars.

 

[Andrew Cooke]

you drain it from the bottom, the plug looks like the sump plug with an 8mm(?) square.

 

[Gray]

You wont drain "all" the oil out of the box... but the vast majority of it!

Drain plug is on the bottom of the box, you cant miss it

 

[ABOO]

May well be corrected mate, but car shouldn't really use gearbox oil. Changes are beneficial to prolong life of gearbox, and also make changes slicker. Recommended as gearboxes are a little bit fragile..

 

[Elf]

May well be corrected mate, but car shouldn't really use gearbox oil. Changes are beneficial to prolong life of gearbox, and also make changes slicker. Recommended as gearboxes are a little bit fragile..

sorry mate, my mistake, was talking about using engine oil not gearbox oil

 

[ABOO]

Ah, no prob's mate. VTEC does gobble engine oil, as do the Rx-8's lad at work used approx a litre of oil a month, and he hardly did any miles!!

 

[Elf]

I read om here that

""Go with the oil Renault tells you to and it will go like a dream. Elf Tranself EFJ 75W 80 that is.""

So Im looking for this oil but elf don't seem to do this anymore
They have 2 similar named oils
Which should I go for

TRANSELF NFJ 75W-80 Extreme pressure lubricant based on synthetic technology for very heavy duty manual gearboxes.
API GL4+

Or

TRANSELF NFP 75W-80 Extreme-pressure lubricant of the Super High Performance (SHP) type for very highly stressed gearboxes.
API GL-4+
Renault PXX
Nissan P



Can anyone please shed some light on this matter
Thx

 

[gtruk]

Ive tried a few in my time of clio ownership. This was by far the smoothest: http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-723-castrol-epx75w-80-gear-oil.aspx

 

[xoldog400]

Which one is the right then - TRANSELF NFJ or NFP?