qwerty4real Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 its 1999 1.0 Arosa with an 085 gearbox Do you fill it up to the edge of the fill hole? and one more thing is Halfords part synthetic 75W/90 GL-5 Gear Oil ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) Go for GL4-5 to help save the bronze bits. 5 is a bit corrosive. Yeah, fill up to filler hole or through speedo sensor hole. Drain at lowest point on diff crown gear. Use a 17mm spanner and spare wheel nut if you don't have the tool. I drain straight after having stopped to get all the bits floating around in the oil, before they have a chance to settle. I use the stuff you can get on ebay with no problems and change it every 20k miles. Much cheaper than halfords. 3.5L. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121617362859 Edited September 2, 2021 by mk2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty4real Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Thanks buying that particular oil off eBay will work out to be way to expensive because I live Northern Ireland on the shipping is £16. But found this 2 with free shipping it seems to be to same spec https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373537080219?hash=item56f88b839b:g:NdQAAOSw4plctfKK https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294135977900?hash=item447bded7ac:g:cZoAAOSwCGVX96kB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty4real Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 4 hours ago, mk2 said: Go for GL4-5 to help save the bronze bits. 5 is a bit corrosive. Yeah, fill up to filler hole or through speedo sensor hole. Drain at lowest point on diff crown gear. Use a 17mm spanner and spare wheel nut if you don't have the tool. I drain straight after having stopped to get all the bits floating around in the oil, before they have a chance to settle. I use the stuff you can get on ebay with no problems and change it every 20k miles. Much cheaper than halfords. 3.5L. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121617362859 Thanks buying that particular oil off eBay will work out to be way to expensive because I live Northern Ireland on the shipping is £16. But found this 2 with free shipping it seems to be to same spec https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373537080219?hash=item56f88b839b:g:NdQAAOSw4plctfKK https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294135977900?hash=item447bded7ac:g:cZoAAOSwCGVX96kB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty4real Posted September 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 2:08 PM, mk2 said: Perfect. Thanks for your help I filled it up today as I had to fix a leak behind the fifth gear cover. the gearbox took 2.5 litres before it started coming out of the fill hole and i used this oil https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373537080219 it seems to be pretty decent quality stuff and the car is shifting great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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