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Title: Auto box fil
Post by: semisheen on 01 June 2009, 18:32:05

Wich side / were is it ....im not normally this stupid honest!!!.....changed engine oil & filter on saturday ...thought ill buy a litre of Dextron 3 & check that while im under there if its low ect couldnt find the bolt were you fill it ...wehre am i going wrong ?????

Title: Re: Auto box fil
Post by: Andy B on 01 June 2009, 18:38:53

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Wich side / were is it ....im not normally this stupid honest!!!.....changed engine oil & filter on saturday ...thought ill buy a litre of Dextron 3 & check that while im under there if its low ect couldnt find the bolt were you fill it ...wehre am i going wrong ?????

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152783586 and I think there's also a filter & ATF change guide somewhere.

Title: Re: Auto box fil
Post by: semisheen on 01 June 2009, 18:47:24

Thanks just read that ...ill try Jacking the drivers side up tonight instead of the passenger side  have a feeling i would be better looking for the fill plug there

Title: Re: Auto box fil
Post by: dbug on 01 June 2009, 19:21:51

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Thanks just read that ...ill try Jacking the drivers side up tonight instead of the passenger side  have a feeling i would be better looking for the fill plug there

:y :y

Title: Re: Auto box fil
Post by: Andy B on 01 June 2009, 19:23:08

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Thanks just read that ...ill try Jacking the drivers side up tonight instead of the passenger side  have a feeling i would be better looking for the fill plug there

Carefull of the exhausts ...... they get hot!  :y :y

Title: Re: Auto box fil
Post by: semisheen on 02 June 2009, 00:00:43

Luckily theirs only 1 exaust  ;D ..........But its on the drivers side (ovbiosly) .....despite finding the 13mil bolt i couldnt get it undone it was on the point of rounding off ...so im gonna have a think about what to do ...totaly opposite to the sump plug that pulled out with a pair of molegrips and has been P*ssing oil out ever since ....ive had 1 of those weeks  :-/

Title: Re: Auto box fil
Post by: The Red Baron on 02 June 2009, 00:06:36

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Luckily theirs only 1 exaust  ;D ..........But its on the drivers side (ovbiosly) .....despite finding the 13mil bolt i couldnt get it undone it was on the point of rounding off ...so im gonna have a think about what to do ...totaly opposite to the sump plug that pulled out with a pair of molegrips and has been P*ssing oil out ever since ....ive had 1 of those weeks  :-/

mine has done the same. bugger :(

Title: Re: Auto box fil
Post by: ians on 02 June 2009, 12:05:25

Spray with Plusgas for a few days in a row may help.

I am not sure if these have been over tightened or just been in there since day one.  I would use a ring spanner and make sure it is on square and doesn't slip.

Title: Re: Auto box fil
Post by: SoulRaver on 10 June 2009, 14:37:12

There an exact amount on the books as to how much your supposed to fill up?