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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: hp7166 on 22 January 2009, 09:12:29
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Hi Guys
I am after some tips on filling the autobox
Hope you can help
Rob
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let the car warm up, leave it running, jack drivers side up, undo the bolt on the gearbox, let the jack off so the car sits back on the floor level,. If oil starts to run out put the bolt back in its fine, if no oil comes put some in.
Here is the tricky part, if you have some sort of bottle you can put a tube in great, I use a small hand pump with pipes each end :y
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Had the warning light this morning so if i need to top it up for now is it still the same process
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Yep, exactly the same.
Can you see if there's an obvious leak though?
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Had the warning light this morning so if i need to top it up for now is it still the same process
Which warning light? There's no low level alarm/light on the gearbox. :-/
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handy way to fill if needed is to run a tube from the filler hole with a funnel other end and pour the fluid in to the funnel...or get the atf from halfords...the bottle has an extendable tube on the bottle so you can just shove it in the hole and squeeze the bottle...although still easier to use a tube and funnel as you dont need to be under the car without a jack to give you the room needed lol
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Sorry the warning was on the screen on the dash
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What was the warning?? As said,no warning message for gearbox fluid low...
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Came up and Said Automatic Gearbox
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Came up and Said Automatic Gearbox
It's telling you there's a fault, not neccessarily low fluid. The car needs the code read to see what's upsetting the g/box. :y It could be anything ..... :-/
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ahh, does anyone know anywhere in Wales to get this done
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Is it a Tech 2 i need for the gearbox
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Still worth topping up as soon as you can - will not do any harm.
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yep my job for the weekend me thinks
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If you can get hold of a cheap pump up garden sprayer you will save yourself a lot of mess.
Just fill with ATF, remove the spray nozzle, pump up and fire into the filler hole.
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Came up and Said Automatic Gearbox
What sort of milage has the car done?
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Came up and Said Automatic Gearbox
What sort of milage has the car done?
153,000
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Diesels produce a lot of torque which the AR25 gearbox struggles to cope with. TheBoy (diesel owner) recons the autobox will be buggered by IIRC 130,000 miles :(
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I know where there is a good AR35 gearbox too ;D ;)
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would love to change the gearbox just havnt got a clue how to
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is 2 men job ,and very hard to put back if you dont have propo ramps
gearbox is around 50-60 kg
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would love to change the gearbox just havnt got a clue how to
Im sure if you cross Loo-Knees palm with silver he will fit it for you :)
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would love to change the gearbox just havnt got a clue how to
Im sure if you cross Loo-Knees palm with silver he will fit it for you :)
But what about the gearbox??? ;D
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I brought a syringe holds 250ml and has a tube that just fits the gear box hole put tube in new atf suck it up and syring it into box.
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I know a member on here got a windscreen washer bottle with a built in motor, filled the washer bottle with gearbox oil and connected the pump up, great idea ;)
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I know a member on here got a windscreen washer bottle with a built in motor, filled the washer bottle with gearbox oil and connected the pump up, great idea ;)
It wouldn't take long if you used the headlamp washer pump! :-? :y :y
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I know a member on here got a windscreen washer bottle with a built in motor, filled the washer bottle with gearbox oil and connected the pump up, great idea ;)
It wouldn't take long if you used the headlamp washer pump! :-? :y :y
Hmmm, I wonder how many litres an Omega washer bottle holds ;D
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I got a cheap "killaspray" type device from Aldi / Lidl (7 or 8 quid IIRC).
Remove the metal lance / nozzle and replace with a length of 8mm copper tube bent into a "hook" at the end. Hook it over the filler hole and start filling!
ATF is quite a bit more viscous than water so it doesn't flow desperately fast. I would imagine a washer pump probably "grunts a bit" trying to pump it, but if it does the job...
Kevin
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Ok
I have just tired to get into the box to fill it and there is no bolt on the box but a bolt with no sides and a hole in the middle
Very Strange, took it to a garage and they said it was a sealed unit and could not be done
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ahh, does anyone know anywhere in Wales to get this done
Wales is a big place.....can you be more specific?
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Bridgend
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Sounds to me like it's just the normal T40 female torx bolt fitting?