Where is the gear box oil sump drain plug?
It is located aft and above the engine oil sump. Remove the gear box oil sump drain plug and clean it off. Note the color of the gear box oil, honey colored. This is a normal amount of swarf on the magnet. If you have shards, heavy “fuzz” or chunks of metal clinging to the magnet…this requires further investigation.
What to do if you have an oil leak in the rear axle?
The axle must be drained to cure any serious oil leak. Once you have a rough idea of where the leak is located, clean the area with a proprietary solvent and drive the car for a few miles to warm the oil and restart the leak. This should show its exact source.
Do you need a drain plug for a sealed for life axle?
Later cars have ‘sealed for life’ axles whose oil never needs changing. These axles do not have a drain plug. But they, too, can leak and need refilling, which is done through the plug hole by which they were filled originally. The axle must be drained to cure any serious oil leak.
What can final drive and axle oil be used for?
They can be used in a variety of applications and components. Final Drive and Axle Oil – for off-highway trucks, large track-type tractors, pipe-layers and track skidders Diesel and Natural Gas Engine Oil – protects earthmoving, commercial, marine and on-highway truck diesel engines
How do you fill the back axle oil?
1) Undo the drain plug at the bottom of the axle casing using a square drive socket. 2) Drain the old back axle oil into a suitable waste oil container. Once the axle casing has completely drained replace the plug. and fill the back axle with the recommended oil. 4) The axle is filled to the correct level when the oil reaches the filler neck.
Later cars have ‘sealed for life’ axles whose oil never needs changing. These axles do not have a drain plug. But they, too, can leak and need refilling, which is done through the plug hole by which they were filled originally. The axle must be drained to cure any serious oil leak.
When does oil stop dripping from rear axle?
Axle oil is thick when cold and unlikely to drip out of a very small opening, but it flows freely when warm after a run. Any drip marks will probably be where you first parked the car after returning from a run. Within an hour the oil thickens as it cools and stops dripping.
How do you get oil out of a gearbox?
6) Carefully remove the drain plug by hand and drain the old gearbox oil into a suitable waste oil vessel. This one was made from an old plastic oil container with a hole cut out of the side. 7) Allow sufficient time for the oil to drain completely from the gearbox. Once you are satisfied that all the oil has run out, then refit the drain plug.