Gearbox Oil

[et5828]

aikss..no one still the answer eh?
what happen if the gear oil didnt change?
will it damage the gear?

 

[simplythebest]

Originally posted by JINEIL2EN+Nov 26 2004, 11:23 --></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JINEIL2EN @ Nov 26 2004, 11:23 )</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-s0n1c@Nov 26 2004, 09:23
how u flush?

goto any shop said u wanna flush ur GB lah........they flush & change ur GB oil at the same time....
i flush mines at Kepong, bout rm60. coz kira in Per Liter. so, mines is 5liter X rm12= rm60. [/b][/quote]
Dude, i'm confused with this. What do ppl mean by flush? I change the gear oil before .. but I always get confused by ppl saying flush the gear oil, and also flush the brake fluid. Ahhhhh :unsure: , slap myself silly :lol:

et5828: Nothing wrong, you can change your gearbox oil every 50 - 60,000 kms. Those people who always shift gears, like drag racing or track racing. Actually, it doesn't really matter. Myself I change every 20,000 kms because I bought a Castrol gear oil (same size as castrol magnetec) that allows me to use twice, i afraid the oil 'rosak' .. so thats why I choose to change every 20,000 kms. :lol:

What is there to save right? 20,000 kms is quite sometime, and the gear oil only about RM 50. :rolleyes:

 

[et5828]

tq tq for the answer
goin to change it when it reach 40k la...hehe
now 35k

 

[sureshn]

i once totally forgot about gear oil change for about 100k. thankfully, no damage is done. the gears still engage nicely now. phew ....

as for change vs flush: from my understanding - flush means to completely get rid of all traces of the old oil (or water, in the case of radiator). change means to take old oil out and put new oil in but this does not mean all the old oil has poured out. so, the new oil will mix with the little amount of old oil left.

 

[phat7]

Flush all just simply made up terms my friend. What you want to do is keep a good track on when you change oils and mantain that. This is a form of preventative mantainence. The workshop fellows know how to physc people like us out especially when we change oil---> Since change oil huh better get rid of all other old oil residue lorr= bullshit. My take on this matter anyway. I change my transmission and differential oil once a year.

 

[kher]

Actually changing Gb oil is to jaga the Gb like how we jaga our engine when we change engine oil... Part of maintenance...

It is not meant to make diff like increasing HP n make ur car more powerful.
But it do really make ur gears (auto GB for tis case coz mine is auto) shift smoother n quieter after changing GB oil.

So some ppl will say change GB oil alr will make ur car more powerful.... Actually is juz that everything goes smoother so u end up feeling more power...

 

[lostdesigner]

i oso want to change my gb oil la... anybody has any experience changing gear oil at eneos b4? just want to know the service is good or not.. and what kind of oil do they use.... thank u ah.

 

[JINEIL2EN]

Originally posted by lostdesigner@Jan 12 2005, 04:29
i oso want to change my gb oil la... anybody has any experience changing gear oil at eneos b4? just want to know the service is good or not.. and what kind of oil do they use.... thank u ah.

Eneos in Metro Prime, Kepong is not bad....wat oil u wan u juz told them......
juz dun try at Eneos 1U, or u won't trust in Eneos anymore....

 

[beatnik]

what's wrong with ENEOS one utama?

 

[lostdesigner]

my dad usually service his car at eneos one utama.... he said okay onli. no problem one. i never tried there.. maybe someone can share experience servicing there.. anyways JIN what the story la wit eneos 1utama.. why so bad the service?

 

[JINEIL2EN]

yup.....kinda bad service..somore lansi.......& lousy workers.......

 

[cmr3]

one of my friends use a very peculiar gearbox oil additive....somethin called friction eliminator....he said it was good for the gearbox, excluding auto transmission.....because auto transmission has a built in clutch mechanism, so no point of using this additive as it will cause slippage of gear engagement.....but good for manual....causing easy masuk gear......smooth as a feather......maybe one day i'll try it out..

 

[FocalPoint]

Try a mixture of 5% Tufoil with 80W90 gear oil.

We are all using it in our own cars.You will get a cooler running gearbox.