Changing gear box oil

[thejinx]

Any tips? Last time I did this I bought the 2lt squeeze bottles with the extendable neck and lay under the van for ages squeezing the bloody things. This time I have bought a large container and need to decant it. I was thinking of a pipe from a funnel or something. Cheers

 

[dubselector]

I used a transfer pump which is a bit like a syringe, this is a bit easier than squeezing the bottles but in my experience its still a messy job. You can find them on E-Bay or here :https://www.opieoils.co.uk/c-2144-oil-pumps-and-syringes.aspx - they are also useful for sucking out fluids. Good luck

 

[Moseley]

I similarly got bored lying under the van squeezing bottles, so I bent a length of copper pipe out through the wheel arch and propped it again a workbench. Then dropped a funnel into the copper and poured away. The downside was that the oil took a while to drain down the tube, so I just topped up the funnel and went and did other jobs as the level dropped and was replenished.


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[slippy8v]

just did our splitscreen’s and bought a 500ml oil syringe made it very easy to do, make sure you can get the filler plug out first before you take the drain plug out
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sealey-Oil-Suction-Hand-Syringe-Gun-Pump-Gearbox-Fill-Extractor-500ml-AK47/390974104414?epid=913196635&hash=item5b07df635e:g:lz4AAOSw~slcSv-V

 

[cunning plan]

My gearbox is out of the bus, so I will be cheating and just rotating the gearbox :lol: :scared0012:

 

[sparkywig]

My gearbox is out of the bus, so I will be cheating and just rotating the gearbox :lol: :scared0012:

Then be careful of the breather hole on the top, or you'll get gear oil everywhere.

 

[cunning plan]

My gearbox is out of the bus, so I will be cheating and just rotating the gearbox :lol: :scared0012:

Then be careful of the breather hole on the top, or you'll get gear oil everywhere.

Thanks for the heads-up :mrgreen: