Gearbox oil check

[catty s2]

Hi all.

I want to check my gearbox oil level. I understand that you can get to the bolt to do this by lifting up the carpeted panel in the back. Except my panel seems to not want to budge. Are there some fixings somewhere ive missed? Or has some numpty stuck it!

Cheers!

[TSD]

the bolt you mention is the filler hole on the transmission. on the S3, there's a rubber cap on the boot floor directly above this hole. Is your carpet glued down or something?

there's also a drain hole at the bottom of the transmission & a drain hole on the left-hand-side.

It's well explained on the LEW site

good luck.

[TurboEsprit1987]

What is the "best" gear oil to use?

Thanks,

Nick

[Jussi]

Castrol TAF-X 75W/90 is recommended for gearbox

Just changed mine last year.

[scotty]

Continuing the gearbox theme - there is a page on oil changing on Stevens cars on LEW - is it pretty much identical on G cars? I haven't had a good look yet but is there a fill level bolt on one side of the gearbox which you fill to and then replace once the oil level has reached it? That seems to be the theme for Stevens cars and looks relatively simple.

Cheers

[peteyg]

Yep. Left hand side of the 'box is the oil level plug. You can't miss it, it's the only one there!

Pete

[scotty]

Yep. Left hand side of the 'box is the oil level plug. You can't miss it, it's the only one there!

Pete

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Thanks - hopefully another job I can manage!

[WayneB]

I always use the level/fill plug on the L/H side of the gearbox.

On later cars there are two plugs on the L/H side , the upper is the one to use

Using the upper one (on top of the box) accesed via the trunk floor bung could result in an overfill and oil leaking all over the place (unless you also remove the side bung)

[molemot]

Earlier cars have two drain points, one for the main gearbox and one for the fifth gear assembly tacked on the back of the Citroen gearbox. Fill from the filler point on the top of the box, level plug on left hand side. Don't get too much oil up your arm/armpit etc.etc.!