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Re: Manual Transmission Oil Changes
Posted by David Prantl (more from David Prantl) on Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:57:55
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

>  First, why not the dipstick hole?  And second,
>  what did you use for sucking?

If you have a *rear* filler hole where gearbox level is measure with the
dual-function motor-oil dipstick (i.e. 1986 9000T), then you can use this
hole to suck out all the old oil.

If you have a front-dipstick gearbox (1988-1993 ABS-equipped 9000 cars),
you cannot use the dipstick hole to remove the old oil.  Only about two
thirds of the oil will come out this way.  You must use a rear hole to get
it all out, and the only rear hole on these boxes is the speedo-gear hole.

To do the sucking, I use the little pump from an old liquid-soap bottle.
Hook up the tube to a length of old vacuum-hose (3ft), and squeeze to pump
the oil into the old soap bottle that the pump itself came from.  This
takes about half-an-hour to extract all the oil from a 9k gearbox (2.5 to 3
quarts).  An electric pump setup would be much more desirable, and much
quicker of course.

>  With pumping, peddle begins to respond and  slowly I have clutch
movement >sufficient to  shift gears.

Clutch problems like these (without external fluid loss) can often be
linked to air in the clutch line, or poor clutch-master seals.  Do a
thorough pressure-bleed of the clutch hydraulics first, with high-quality
DOT4 fluid.
  If this doesn't help, rebuild the clutch master cylinder with new seals.

David.
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