Changing gearbox oil

[polish van ben]

Hi all
Gearbox has started jumping out of gear in fourth when driving, but would like to change oil to see if this helps before I decide to go down the full rebuild route.

Not done this before, therefore pls could someone tell me what oil I need to get and how much I need? It's 4 speed gearbox on a 1.9 TD (alt engine)

Also, I can see the plug for draining but can't seem to find where to fill from - any advice on that would also be great

Many thanks - I hope everyone enjoyed a lovely sunny weekend

Ben

[300CE]

Hi Ben, I'm sure someone will be along shortly with details, but here's some info on the wiki for you in the meantime:

https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Ge ... drain_plug" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[polish van ben]

Cheers 300 - I did have a look at that before having a crawl around under the van. Couldn't make out a plug in the position which seems to be indicated in the photo. I did spot a nut which looks the same as the drain plug, but seems to be lower down, about half way up side of gearbox towards the front end- could this be it? Didn't make sense to me as surely it would need to be at the top to fill up from?

[blacky]

Filler plug uses same socket as drain plug and will be halfway up box approx. As gearbox isn't filled to top but takes somewhere around 4.5 if I remember correctly. Fill until oil runs out of filler/level plug.

[polish van ben]

Ok, thanks for that blacky - that must be it then.

[pionte]

as mentioned before, always undo filler plug first ! just incase the worst happens and you cant get it undone, at least the van is still mobile. Good luck.