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[Cliffo B]

I need to renew the autobox oil.With help from the forum I know there is a filter in the autobox,the filter will cost me  60.63+vat. Ouch!! (TC card price) from the main dealer.Does anybody know if this filter is made of metal,plastic,or textile,I understand it's possible to rinse the filter clean and re-use it.I think this would be ok with metal or plastic but  textile could be dodgy.Problem is it's as much as a 4 day wait from order to delivery,so if i'm going to have to order a replacement to do the job the info would be most appreciated

[hotel21]

Theres a chap who sells the filter kit, including two sump gaskets, on the Autobahnstormers site and somehwere around half of the dealer price.  Perhaps someone better placed could assist with a link?

[biggriffin]

the filter is paper and its not worth cleaning them any way. to refil the box invest in a syringe. looks like a grease gun but has a flexy pipe on it get them from screw fix direct makes filling the box easy.

[Entwood]

Get your filter and gaskets from these folks ... way cheaper than Vx ... and recommended by autobahnstormers.

http://www.jpat.co.uk/

[Bent valve]

Get your filter and gaskets from these folks ... way cheaper than Vx ... and recommended by autobahnstormers.

http://www.jpat.co.uk/

Yes, I paid approx £20 for filter and 2 gaskets earlier this year

[Cliffo B]

OK Thanks all, so the filter is paper, at that price a good job I've recently got my card from AutobahnStormers

[Elite Pete]

the filter is paper and its not worth cleaning them any way. to refil the box invest in a syringe. looks like a grease gun but has a flexy pipe on it get them from screw fix direct makes filling the box easy.

I have slept since the last time I did one but I don't remember it being paper.

[albitz]

Nor me  :-/

[VXL V6]

Nope, definately not paper! Also was told by a very knowledgable person on here that he's never seen a blocked filter and has never replaced one, just cleaned the original. If he ever saw a blocked filter then he wouldn't bother carrying on, he'd replace the gearbox as it would be totally FUBAR.

[Cliffo B]

Oh heck,looks as if Biggriffin has misinterpreted my query. Thanks a lot guys going tomorrow to the main dealers to collect a powersounder.When I went to order the powersounder I got quote for 2 gaskets & a filter of 88.54,Iwill of course be querying this, and I'll try and get sight of a filter if they have one in stock, will let you know how I get on

[Jimbob]

If you speak to JPAT, ask for the oof discount, as mentioned in parts for sale sticky.


The big syringe's are ok for a top up, but if your buying something, I would get a garden 'killaspray' for a couple of quid....

fill with atf, pump up the pressure, release the trigger, sit back and watch the box fill 

[Marks DTM Calib]

The filter media is a fabric and washes out well with paraffin or a similar cleaning agent.

Its there to do little more than stop big bits getting into the oil system.

[feeutfo]

washed mine out, no problem, there was nout in it anyway... it aint paper. And i'm told you can get away with a sealent instead of a gasket, prefer the gaskets myself. Also Dex 3 can be had much cheaper via a factors. Fuchs titan 4000  being a good choice but only comes in a 5 litre can i beleive, so you need 2 5litre cans, where as the vx stuff can be had in 1litre bottles so you can usually take unopened bottles back.

Having said that dealers have a habit of running out of Dexron 3, saying its been super seeded by Dexron 6 which is said to be a far superior oil. But is it ok in the omega box? I used 3 myself.

[feeutfo]

ps, dealers usually have to order the filter in ime, which is another reason to clean the old one out. Its really not a problem.

[Pete Elite]

washed mine out, no problem, there was nout in it anyway... it aint paper. And i'm told you can get away with a sealent instead of a gasket, prefer the gaskets myself. Also Dex 3 can be had much cheaper via a factors. Fuchs titan 4000  being a good choice but only comes in a 5 litre can i beleive, so you need 2 5litre cans, where as the vx stuff can be had in 1litre bottles so you can usually take unopened bottles back.

Having said that dealers have a habit of running out of Dexron 3, saying its been super seeded by Dexron 6 which is said to be a far superior oil. But is it ok in the omega box? I used 3 myself.

   I got my Fuchs Titan 4000 from Opie Oils came in 1 and 5L bottles Chris .