gearbox fluid

[jayspug86]

hi guys wheres the plug to top gearbox fluid up?

[Grant]

Its on the top of the gearbox, normally brown plastic, with a white pressure release plug in it, however they are sometimes white, black or grey.

As below

[Seb_Ryan]

Or you take the wheel off, undo a 19mm i think? On the side casing (the level plug) its towards the bulkhead, and fill up through that until the oil overflows abit

[Frosty]

Or you take the wheel off, undo a 19mm i think? On the side casing (the level plug) its towards the bulkhead, and fill up through that until the oil overflows abit

Thats the way i have always done them

[JTaylor2005]

couple of quick questions as I have also decided to do my gearbox oil.
I know it is 75w80 that I need but what is the best brand and best quality oil?
Secondly do I need to replace the washers on the drain, level, and filler plugs when I remove and replace them?

Thanks

[Toms306]

Best oil is the genuine stuff tbh. 9730 AA part number off the top of my head after buying so much lol.

As for the washers, I always forget and they often leak after lol. Also check your driveshaft oil seals, as you'd need to drop the oil again if one needs to be changed in a months time.

[JTaylor2005]

I can't find the washers anywhere haha. Or are they just a standard size that loads of gearbox's have?

[Toms306]

I think they're the same as engine sump plug washers.

[JTaylor2005]

Okie dokie. Cheers mate will get this all done this coming weekend Will probably pop to the nearest peugeot garage and get some washers and a drive seal as well if it doesn't look like a too bad job

[Pgtips]

couple of quick questions as I have also decided to do my gearbox oil.
I know it is 75w80 that I need but what is the best brand and best quality oil?
Secondly do I need to replace the washers on the drain, level, and filler plugs when I remove and replace them?

Thanks

This is peugeot spec & probs cheaper than pug

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Total-BV-Transmi...B008PS2OQ2

[Frosty]

The washers for the gearbox im 99% sure are the same as the sump plug for the engine. Pretty sure 31327 is the part number, we stock them at work

[Alan_M]

https://www.nielsencdg.co.uk/acatalog/To...980_4.html

Can't remember what the postage is though, but that's where I get all my fluids from. Sump plug washers can gotten from Amazon as a job-lot (100+).

[steve1001]

I normally get 3 or more goes out of a copper sump washer by backing it up with a bit of ptfe tape. The ptfe tape consolidates the joint.

I carefully wrap ptfe tape over the washer and make a very neat job of it.
I roll ptfe tape on my knee to make string. Then I wind a little on the sump plug thread, not over the whole thread, but around the thread immediately in front of the washer ie. make a ptfe ring.

I ensure the joint surfaces are perfectly clean and never ever overtighten.

Steve (saving you 50p)

[zx_volcane]

You can anneal copper washers by heating then up with a blowtorch and reuse them plenty

[Poodle]

Any decent motor factors should be able to sell you sump bung washers for pennies.

[jonas306]

I'm thinking to change the gearbox oil, is it recomended the TOTAL one, or any difference with the COMMA or Valvoline?And is it 2litres?

[Poodle]

It is two litres and i'd stick to the total stuff myself, used comma before and it was awful.