Stanchiam 1st Gear December 11, 2011 Share December 11, 2011 (edited) Hi bros, Sharing simple DIY you can do on your own for changing of manual transmission/gear oil This is not my car but i find the pictures taken is much clearer than mine so i uses it. steps 1) Find out the type of oil you need and buy it. My car uses 75w90 oil and need 2L. It is better to use fully synthetic oil as it last longer. But I myself uses 80W90 castrol MTF. 2) Get ready some spanner, usually the bots uses 24mm 3) Unscrew the wheels 4) jack up the car and remove the wheel 5) Get ready a container to collect the used oil 6) The top screw is for topping up the oil and the below screw is for draining Unscrew the top then the below. 7) Let the oil drain out. 8) clean the bots that u unscrewed. 9) Find a used bottle, cut off the top and attached a tube for filling up the oil any method is ok as long u can use a tube to fill up the oil 10) After the oil finished draining, screw back the bottom screw. connect the tube to the top hole 11) start pouring in the oil, once it is done, take out the hose and screw back. *usually oil will start dripping out from the top hole once u hit the require amount of oil needed. * I used a pump to pump in the Manual transmission fluid, much faster. It cost me $16 for the 2 bottle of 1L castrol MTF, my car use about 2.1L of oil but it is ok. Cheap and simple. Just a little time needed for the DIY Edited December 11, 2011 by Stanchiam ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlvinDj 1st Gear December 11, 2011 Share December 11, 2011 (edited) Nice...! No flushing is needed for Manual Gear Oil change.. ? Just a drain and refill will suffice..? Edited December 11, 2011 by Alvindj Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escksu Clutched December 12, 2011 Share December 12, 2011 Nice...! No flushing is needed for Manual Gear Oil change.. ? Just a drain and refill will suffice..? Manual gear box is usually just drain and fill. Just something to add. Gearbox usually has a drain bolt and a fill bolt. Always loosen the fill bolt first. The reason is that in case you damage the fill bolt (strip the head or something), you can still drive the car. If you drain out your oil and found that you are unable to fill the oil due to problem with the bolt, you will have to call tow truck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munch003 2nd Gear December 12, 2011 Share December 12, 2011 Thats a brilliant tip. Never thought of it that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbu7360 1st Gear December 12, 2011 Share December 12, 2011 just a qn, whr to dispose the used oil? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1 Neutral Newbie December 12, 2011 Share December 12, 2011 dispose the used oil to any workshop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhauto213 Neutral Newbie December 14, 2011 Share December 14, 2011 Can disposed at my workshop :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightymito 1st Gear December 14, 2011 Share December 14, 2011 Moral of the story............. leave this to the workshop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1f2 Clutched December 14, 2011 Share December 14, 2011 Moral of the story............. leave this to the workshop agree :) if easy like change air filter, then can diy :) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfenstar 3rd Gear December 14, 2011 Share December 14, 2011 Hi bros, Sharing simple DIY you can do on your own for changing of manual transmission/gear oil This is not my car but i find the pictures taken is much clearer than mine so i uses it. steps 1) Find out the type of oil you need and buy it. My car uses 75w90 oil and need 2L. It is better to use fully synthetic oil as it last longer. But I myself uses 80W90 castrol MTF. 2) Get ready some spanner, usually the bots uses 24mm 3) Unscrew the wheels 4) jack up the car and remove the wheel 5) Get ready a container to collect the used oil 6) The top screw is for topping up the oil and the below screw is for draining Unscrew the top then the below. 7) Let the oil drain out. 8) clean the bots that u unscrewed. 9) Find a used bottle, cut off the top and attached a tube for filling up the oil any method is ok as long u can use a tube to fill up the oil 10) After the oil finished draining, screw back the bottom screw. connect the tube to the top hole 11) start pouring in the oil, once it is done, take out the hose and screw back. *usually oil will start dripping out from the top hole once u hit the require amount of oil needed. * I used a pump to pump in the Manual transmission fluid, much faster. It cost me $16 for the 2 bottle of 1L castrol MTF, my car use about 2.1L of oil but it is ok. Cheap and simple. Just a little time needed for the DIY Your pics show why I love redline. When I used to do this, I would just pour it straight from the bottle into the gearbox. no need to thread a hose etc. Alternatively use a funnel with a flexible neck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kungming 1st Gear December 14, 2011 Share December 14, 2011 (edited) Ooh good knowledge. Edited December 14, 2011 by Kungming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jl1500k Clutched December 14, 2011 Share December 14, 2011 can save some cost if know how to DIY for spark plug, change oil.... etc no need to send to workshop for servicing liao. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XALmoN Neutral Newbie December 22, 2011 Share December 22, 2011 can save some cost if know how to DIY for spark plug, change oil.... etc no need to send to workshop for servicing liao. that, is simple. on an inline engine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeobh 4th Gear December 23, 2011 Share December 23, 2011 (edited) How much will you charge if a car owner needs to use compressed air from your shop to connect to his air powered wet & dry vacuum cleaner. As you know more than 85% of the car owners are staying in apartments and most of the car vacuum cleaners are 12volt operated - not much use and drain the battery too fast. PS It's new business to sell resources Edited December 23, 2011 by Yeobh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve111 Neutral Newbie February 7, 2012 Share February 7, 2012 Nice nice nice work! Clear and detailed. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_prince Supersonic June 11, 2012 Share June 11, 2012 just cuious ... how much it cost to change the transmission fluid at work shop? autoback wanna charge me 165.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcx607 4th Gear June 20, 2012 Share June 20, 2012 For Honda Civic, auto transmission oil cost $10 per bottle. I need 3 bottle and pay $10 for labour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polochew Neutral Newbie May 19, 2013 Share May 19, 2013 For Honda Civic, auto transmission oil cost $10 per bottle. I need 3 bottle and pay $10 for labour Bro, where do u pay $10 to do your gear oil change. I need to chg my mt oil soon. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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