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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / 4x4 Cars / January 2004gearbox oil
has anyone used heavier grade oil to quieten a noisey manual gearbox ...if so what sort and how succesful....cheers Shane > has anyone used heavier grade oil to quieten a noisey manual gearbox > ...if so what sort and how succesful....cheers Shane Shoving sawdust in through the oil filler works better. . . . . .  SignatureJulian --------- = Pretentious Sig required = >> has anyone used heavier grade oil to quieten a noisey manual gearbox >> ...if so what sort and how succesful....cheers Shane > >Shoving sawdust in through the oil filler works better. . . . . . You wiener, this is misleading information. 1. There are no oil filters on manual transmissions 2. Packing the gearbox with Rolled Oats works better Roughly 1/20/04 16:06, Jumpin' Jiminy's monkeys randomly typed: >>> has anyone used heavier grade oil to quieten a noisey manual gearbox >>> ...if so what sort and how succesful....cheers Shane [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > You wiener, this is misleading information. > 1. There are no oil filters on manual transmissions "filler" != "filter" > 2. Packing the gearbox with Rolled Oats works better Cream o Wheat SignatureNow that Spirit Rover has confirmed the presence of weapons of mass destruction on Mars, we are preparing to invade... >>> has anyone used heavier grade oil to quieten a noisey manual gearbox >>> ...if so what sort and how succesful....cheers Shane [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > You wiener, this is misleading information. > 1. There are no oil filters on manual transmissions Learn to read - I said FILLER not FILTER! > 2. Packing the gearbox with Rolled Oats works better No, cereal based products break down and ferment to easily, sawdust is more stable. . . . . . . ;-) SignatureJulian --------- = Pretentious Sig required = >>>> has anyone used heavier grade oil to quieten a noisey manual gearbox >>>> ...if so what sort and how succesful....cheers Shane [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Learn to read - I said FILLER not FILTER! Must have been a typo. I'm sure I meant winner :) >> 2. Packing the gearbox with Rolled Oats works better > >No, cereal based products break down and ferment to easily, sawdust is more >stable. . . . . . . ;-) Hmmm, fermentation. Maybe barley might be worth trying. >>>>> has anyone used heavier grade oil to quieten a noisey manual >>>>> gearbox ...if so what sort and how succesful....cheers Shane [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> is more stable. . . . . . . ;-) > Hmmm, fermentation. Maybe barley might be worth trying. Now, now - no sniffing your diffs! :D SignatureJulian --------- = Pretentious Sig required = Roughly 1/20/04 01:02, Coskerie's monkeys randomly typed: > has anyone used heavier grade oil to quieten a noisey manual gearbox ...if > so what sort and how succesful....cheers Shane This used to be an old trick to quiet one down just long enough to sell it. e.g. on a car that normally used 20 to 40 weight oil, stuff in some 90 to 120 weight lube and unload it on a hot day, since it is gonna be really hard to shift when cold. Depending on the vehicle, you might be able to keep it alive a bit longer with a synthetic oil of heavier weight, e.g. Redline. SignatureNow that Spirit Rover has confirmed the presence of weapons of mass destruction on Mars, we are preparing to invade... |
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