2006 3.0i Manual Transmission Fluid Change

[Toed64]

I changed mine easily using ketchup pumps off ebay...

Excellent tip - thank you. My transmission oil syringe seals died and that makes a hell of a mess when you're not expecting it to let by!

 

[Thrustyjust]

I changed mine easily using ketchup pumps off ebay...

Excellent tip - thank you. My transmission oil syringe seals died and that makes a hell of a mess when you're not expecting it to let by!

Always used them from my kit car building days. Cheap and easy to strip and clean , for obvious ketchup reasons and buy a few for not a lot. I use one for dirty oil and one for clean. I also use a small piece of tube on the nozzle, which you put in the box or diff and pump until you dribble out !

 

[iiNNeX]

I recently changed all my fluids, used Redline MTL for gearbox and couldn't rate it high enough. It has made shifts a little smoother even though the original oil wasn't even that dirty/contaminated when removed.

 

[ZedsDeadbabyZedzdead]

Hi
Sorry to interrupt, I called my local independent bm specialist in Colchester called Smoothtune and spoke with Mark who said the manual gearbox oil won’t need changing as BM use a lifetime oil?
Thanks

 

[iiNNeX]

Hi
Sorry to interrupt, I called my local independent bm specialist in Colchester called Smoothtune and spoke with Mark who said the manual gearbox oil won’t need changing as BM use a lifetime oil?
Thanks

Yeah that is what the sticker on the gearbox says, however it is marketing bulls**** so if a specialist is advising you not to change it, I would really be doubtful of taking my car there for further work...

 

[stal023]

Hi
Sorry to interrupt, I called my local independent bm specialist in Colchester called Smoothtune and spoke with Mark who said the manual gearbox oil won’t need changing as BM use a lifetime oil?
Thanks

Yeah that is what the sticker on the gearbox says, however it is marketing bulls**** so if a specialist is advising you not to change it, I would really be doubtful of taking my car there for further work...

Agree!!