All's good with the Ro

[cv8 mike]

Finally changed that whining PAS pump and rusty rack pipe and what a difference to the sound of the car and it only took me a couple of hours to do on the drive. Big thanks to Monkfish for sourcing the parts and putting up with me trying to explain what pipe it was LOL.
One thing to bear in mind that almost caught me out is when changing any of the high pressure pipes you will need new 'O'rings for the ends of the pipes as the old ones get very flat.

Also had the gearbox oil replaced with Royal purple yesterday while in for its service and guess what happened this morning???











It went into reverse first time like a hot knife through butter :-)

[Well_Fans]

so we'll look forward to seeing you on the pistonheads run from Stirling on the 11th Oct then!!!!

[after_shock]

Glad you noticed a big change in the gearbox oil change, I couldnt believe the difference!

[Drew SS]

just on the gearbox i was told u could run dextron 3 automatic tranny oil in the manual 6 speed is that right does anybody no...

[Moanro5.7]

Well_Fans said:

so we'll look forward to seeing you on the pistonheads run from Stirling on the 11th Oct then!!!!

Yeah nice to see you again and the Ro

[k15tox]

my power steerings whining a little, is it the pump on its way out? or will a fluid change help?

[monkfish1]

Drew SS said:

just on the gearbox i was told u could run dextron 3 automatic tranny oil in the manual 6 speed is that right does anybody no...

Thats what is fitted as stock. Change it to some proper oil as the OP has done.

[Cv8 mike]

Moanro5.7 said:

Well_Fans said:

so we'll look forward to seeing you on the pistonheads run from Stirling on the 11th Oct then!!!!

Yeah nice to see you again and the Ro

Usual poor excuse I'm afraid, back offshore wed 30th for two weeks. Sigh

[Moanro5.7]

Hi Mate, Just found a stockest of Royla Purple in Scotland and they are a customer of mine How much oil do you need for the gearbox and did you do the diff aswell.

Thanks

Si

[Cv8 mike]

Moanro5.7 said:

Hi Mate, Just found a stockest of Royla Purple in Scotland and they are a customer of mine How much oil do you need for the gearbox and did you do the diff aswell.

Thanks

Si

I had bought five litres for the box but my garage handed back one of the litre bottles because they couldn't get anymore in there. I had the diff oil done beginning of the year with royal purple. Just as well as I was told the sump plug was loose and the old oil was abit grey/silver.

[Well_Fans]

Mike did your garage use the filler hole on the side or did they remove the sensor plug at the top and fill it from there? If they didnt use the sensor hole then you've probably not got a complete fill. If you used Monkfish/RapidGB then you'll be okay but a local garage may not have known about the correct procedure.

[Cv8 mike]

Well_Fans said:

Mike did your garage use the filler hole on the side or did they remove the sensor plug at the top and fill it from there? If they didnt use the sensor hole then you've probably not got a complete fill. If you used Monkfish/RapidGB then you'll be okay but a local garage may not have known about the correct procedure.

Nah I just asked them to change the gearbox oil and left the oil in the boot for them so they won't be aware of any special filling techniques.

I'm a bit curious as to why you'd want to overfill the gearbox oil though? If it's got a fill point on the side then surely that's as much as it needs. or is there something different about these boxes?

[monkfish1]

Cv8 mike said:

Well_Fans said:

Mike did your garage use the filler hole on the side or did they remove the sensor plug at the top and fill it from there? If they didnt use the sensor hole then you've probably not got a complete fill. If you used Monkfish/RapidGB then you'll be okay but a local garage may not have known about the correct procedure.

Nah I just asked them to change the gearbox oil and left the oil in the boot for them so they won't be aware of any special filling techniques.

I'm a bit curious as to why you'd want to overfill the gearbox oil though? If it's got a fill point on the side then surely that's as much as it needs. or is there something different about these boxes?

Correct procedure is to overfill through the reverse light switch by 1/2 litre. Purpose is to reduce gear chatter at low rpm high gear situation.

[Well_Fans]

see I knew there was a reason for putting more in through a hole other than the fill one

[Cv8 mike]

Lol, cheers guys.

I'll leave it for now until I'm underneath it with the wax oil. At least the oils there ready to go in.

[Tempy]

cv8 mike said:

It went into reverse first time like a hot knife through butter :-)

Ha ha, that quote reminds me of this little gem:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDKiQfBs9lo

Old, but funny. Not suitable for work!!!