Monday, June 11, 2012 - 10:56 am, by: Trevor Marsh(Tma7)
Having read the following regarding doing the gearbox fluid change yourself -
'You can flush the fluid yourself at home without any fancy equipment. I just flushed a ZF 4 speed trans - same principles apply. Undo the top oil cooler line going into the radiator. Put a large diameter clear plastic hose over the brass thread on the radiator. Place the end of the hose into a container. Start the car for 2-4 secs and observe the oil going through the hose. Mine started out looking like mud. Turn car off. Place funnel in dipstick and refill trans with fresh oil. Start car again for 2-4 secs and watch the fluid again. I used a graduated clear plastic bottle - I knew how much oil was coming out - so I knew how much oil to put back in. When the oil started to look clear and red then I was done - took 12 litres of fluid to get it to this stage. Reassemble the oil cooler line, check level - go for a drive - check level again. Capacity is about 8 litres. Draining the pan or sucking it out the dipstick I could only get 2 litres out at a time no matter what I did'.
I have a couple of questions:
Firstly, can anyone tell me which side of the radiator the 'top oil cooler line' would be?
Secondly, this guy was talking about a ZF 4 speed box which took an amazing 12 litres. Has anyone Any idea how much I would need for a TT gearbox?
