Gearbox oil

[Adam_]

Looking to change the gearbox oil in my 182, I have 1L of 75W80 that I bought for my last car (BMW stuff). Is any 75W80 OK?

If so, I will buy some more of the same brand.... which leads me onto my next question which is how much do I need? And if anyone has a link to a walk through of some kind to changing it that would be useful too, thanks.

 

[botfch]

As long as it’s synthetic it will be fine, if memory serves its 3.1 litres but you can get away with 3L.

It’s easy to change just drop the old oil like doing the sump then refill from the plastic butterfly on the front of the box.

Have some pipe and a funnel handy makes the job a lot easier when refilling.

 

[Adam_]

Cheers, only got the car last week... am changing all the fluids etc before I track it

 

[chris blue]

Cheers, only got the car last week... am changing all the fluids etc before I track it

good call. Gearbox oil for me in the next few days, but cant see where to get the recommended ELF 75W80 stuff that quick?

Anyone know- ebay is next thrusday earliest- really need by Tuesday

3.1 ltr, maybe new copper washer for drain plug

 

[NorthloopCup]

It needs to be gl4 spec oil. Post up a link to the oil you’ve got and I’ll confirm if it’s the correct stuff.
Some oils can actually damage the synchros, so you need to be reasonably careful what oil you use.

 

[PhillipM]

As above, although the BMW manual box oil is usually okay - in fact one of the BMW oils is what I use for better shifts in some Peugeot and Renault boxes that are a bit sensitive to oils and have brass/bronze synchro's

 

[Adam_]

https://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-981-fu...w-80-synthetic-manual-transmission-fluid.aspx

Fuchs titan sintofluid, just had a look.

 

[NorthloopCup]

https://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-981-fu...w-80-synthetic-manual-transmission-fluid.aspx

Fuchs titan sintofluid, just had a look.

Technically it’s no good mate as it’s a gl5 oil.

 

[Adam_]

Ah boo, but for the sake of a tenners worth I'll just splash out on the Elf stuff previously mentioned. Most likely from the ebay link below, says GL4 so assuming all good.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Elf-Tran...m234cb5c6a5:g:dX0AAOSwhpZaBcvB&frcectupt=true

 

[NorthloopCup]

Ah boo, but for the sake of a tenners worth I'll just splash out on the Elf stuff previously mentioned. Most likely from the ebay link below, says GL4 so assuming all good.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Elf-Tran...m234cb5c6a5:g:dX0AAOSwhpZaBcvB&frcectupt=true

Yeah that’ll be fine mate.

 

[chris blue]

Ah boo, but for the sake of a tenners worth I'll just splash out on the Elf stuff previously mentioned. Most likely from the ebay link below, says GL4 so assuming all good.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Elf-Tran...m234cb5c6a5:g:dX0AAOSwhpZaBcvB&frcectupt=true

That's the stuff I am going for

Some are NFP and some is NFJ- anyone know the difference
Can you buy it on the hight street somewhere- Halfords and Eurocarparts don't have it

 

[PhillipM]

Yeah, don't use the sintofluid, it has issues in other boxes with yellow metal syncros.

 

[Adam_]

That's the stuff I am going for

Some are NFP and some is NFJ- anyone know the difference
Can you buy it on the hight street somewhere- Halfords and Eurocarparts don't have it

Noticed you can get it on 1 day delivery through Amazon