Help with Gear/Transfer box and axle oil changes

Rather not learn it the HARD way

And yeh your right, autos have much more to deal with i guess. But still, usefull for diffs and transfer box in the case of the XADO

Had a look at difflocks stuff, no mention of viscosity or anything, but theres is fully synthetic.... must email XADO and find out!!

Right then got the old oil out, after finding the sump plug is an allen key fitting which surprised me.
4.3 ltrs came out and looked rather more brown than red, put Dexron 3 in,
so now I'm going to run it around for 100 miles or so, then do it all again.

Have I noticed any changes yet - yes, slightly smoother changes, not earth-shatteringly different but definitely there.

Thing we'll be doing this before the trip down south in june, 500miles there and back

metallicachick86 said:

Thing we'll be doing this before the trip down south in june, 500miles there and back

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Before you do the oil change go for a little drive 5-10 mins to warm things up, the oil will flow better.

Also, measure carefully what comes out, so that you know how much to put back in.

Cheers
Dave

Yup, got a load of 5 litre containers from work. job done

metallicachick86 said:

Yup, got a load of 5 litre containers from work. job done

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You might want to measure it a little more precisely than a 5 litre container?

When I emptied mine what I got out was 4.3 ltrs and when I put back in 4.3 ltrs the levels were perfect.

The only reason I stress this is that the difference between the high and low marks is only 0.25ltr and the consequences of overfilling are a smashed gearbox, caused by too much oil.

Well, fill up a 5 litre container as far as it will go, then using a 1L measuring jug, fill up until full, see what i used then knock that off 5L. See simple!, my science is coming through here! (plus that way i wont have to buy anything! )


Buggerd if its over 5 though

metallicachick86 said:

Well, fill up a 5 litre container as far as it will go, then using a 1L measuring jug, fill up until full, see what i used then knock that off 5L. See simple!, my science is coming through here! (plus that way i wont have to buy anything! )


Buggerd if its over 5 though

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Sorry mate, I'm not making myself clear. To collect the old oil, which in most cases will be less than 5 ltrs in total, you can collect in anything at all, just make sure you measure it accurately once collected.

I found I only collected about 4.3 ltrs in total. So that's the amount I needed to put back in.

It's not like when you do an engine or a manual gearbox where you pour in the new oil 'til it comes up to the correct mark on a stick - it doesn't work like that and if you get it wrong and put too much in there is a real danger of blowing-up your box.

It's really important to only put in the amount you've taken out.

Then using the normal oil level check procedure, check it. Be aware that it only takes a very small amount of oil to go from the low mark to the high mark and above.

I don't mean to harp on about it, I just want to ensure good comprehension so that no one regrets doing it

thebiglad said:

What I'm talking about are the gear/transfer box and axle oil changes.
I have been putting this of for......to be honest I daren't say, but too long, until yesterday/today :lol: 8)
I bought a new "tool" and it was all done sooooh easily I can't believe it.
See picture below. This is a hand operated pump, primarily for pumping heating oil from 25ltr containers into portable heaters.
As you can see it has a straight pipe that goes into the oil container and a flexy pipe to go........wherever !!!
I did the 2 axles yesterday after in about half an hour and the gear/transfer boxes this moring within one hour !!!!!
As you can tell I'm as chuft as a chuft thing on Chuff Day.
Oh, and the cost of this miracle of technology??? How about.....roll of drums please.......... 1.50€ Yes that's about a quid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Am I a happy bunny or what

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So what's wrong wi' one of these then?....

Nothing at all mate, nothing at all !

To be honest I was so pleased to finally getting around to doing this and with my new 'tool' it was a piece of ****, that I just had to tell the world !!

thebiglad said:

Nothing at all mate, nothing at all !

To be honest I was so pleased to finally getting around to doing this and with my new 'tool' it was a piece of ****, that I just had to tell the world !!

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Aye, nowt wrong wi' that biglad

Ah was just about tae stick this link up anaw, might be handy fur someone

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f37/handy-wee-tip-51474.html?highlight=handy+tip