Decided to change the gearbox oil in #302 as there is no evidence in the service history of it ever being done. Car has covered 63k.
I went to the local Renault garage and they wanted £52+VAT for 3L of Elf 75-80 (after checking i found that you can get it for about £35 off ebay). Then checked in the local motor factors and they had a fully synthetic 75-80 for £6 L and it meets Renault requirements.
Changing it was as easy as an oil change, the only difference being that you need a length of pipe and a funnel when refilling it to make life easier. There was no need to warm the gearbox oil before draining as it ran out just fine from stone cold.
Here is the old oil (Filthy!!!)
And the new oil going in (now thats a better colour)
It was definitely worth doing and didn't take that long. 3L was plenty even though the capacity is 3.1L. Just as i was putting the last of the 3rd bottle in, it started coming back out of the filler hole.
**For reference the pipe i used was 1m long and it's o.d. is 13mm. It's about the largest pipe that will fit into the filler hole.
I went to the local Renault garage and they wanted £52+VAT for 3L of Elf 75-80 (after checking i found that you can get it for about £35 off ebay). Then checked in the local motor factors and they had a fully synthetic 75-80 for £6 L and it meets Renault requirements.
Changing it was as easy as an oil change, the only difference being that you need a length of pipe and a funnel when refilling it to make life easier. There was no need to warm the gearbox oil before draining as it ran out just fine from stone cold.
Here is the old oil (Filthy!!!)
And the new oil going in (now thats a better colour)
It was definitely worth doing and didn't take that long. 3L was plenty even though the capacity is 3.1L. Just as i was putting the last of the 3rd bottle in, it started coming back out of the filler hole.
**For reference the pipe i used was 1m long and it's o.d. is 13mm. It's about the largest pipe that will fit into the filler hole.
