Series 3 Should gearbox get hot to the touch

Webley1991 · Sep 11, 2016

Should the gearbox on a Series 3 get hot when driving? As in almost too hot to touch?

Mine seems to do that. I know there is oil in there as I checked it about three weeks ago and haven't been far since. There has't been any sign of it leaking either.

Thanks for any replies.

pete1987RRC · Sep 11, 2016

Is yours connected to the hot engine?

kommer2013 · Sep 12, 2016

i once had a temp sensor attached to the outside of a gearbox and it read 90 degrees c, so yeah it should be normal.

Bobsticle · Sep 12, 2016

Oh no.
Now Im thinking oil cooler with an electric pump................ please stop it. its going to weigh 10 tons at this rate.

kommer2013 · Sep 13, 2016

i binned the mechanical fuel pump on my diesel Ural truck.

jamesmartin · Sep 15, 2016

Webley1991 said:
Should the gearbox on a Series 3 get hot when driving? As in almost too hot to touch?

Mine seems to do that. I know there is oil in there as I checked it about three weeks ago and haven't been far since. There has't been any sign of it leaking either.

Thanks for any replies.

on long journeys they will get really hot , main reason why later boxes use thinner oil

Webley1991 · Sep 16, 2016

Thanks for the replies.

Could thinner oil be run in the standard series box?

pete1987RRC · Sep 16, 2016

W

jamesmartin said:
on long journeys they will get really hot , main reason why later boxes use thinner oil

Was that a JM reply?

Thought the aliens had dragged him off

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