AndyR Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Well I have finally got out and managed to do the oil change on my automatic box. Must admit I was very worried about doing it, as never done oil change on an auto before. All good, clean fresh ATF installed. The old oil was very black, and smelt like ordinary diff oil. I will try to post pics. Car is running smooth between gears again. Might give it a couple of months and do it again to get rid of all traces of old oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyR Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 The old oil. Ignore the can, as you can see by the mess. I missed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vauxhall Owners Club Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Wow! that certainly looks grubby oil and not like the cherry red fluid that replaces it. Job well done Andy....waited a long time for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyR Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 Decided to bite the bullet and get it done. Weather is supposed to be getting bad the weekend, so as it was nice yesterday, I got on with it. Must admit that i was concerned about doing it. Checked levels this morning and all good. I did an engine oil and filter change whilst i was under there too. So more ticks on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vauxhall Owners Club Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Great result Andy.....you may need to check the transmission fluid level with the engine running and in gear (cycle through the gears first) and obviously with the handbrake on and the wheels chocked. The level should then be between the marks if not top up. p.s. you may have already done this but thought i would mention it just in case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyR Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Cheers Trevor, yes I did do this after coming back from the test run. Engine up to temp, and ran through the gears slowly. Level was spot on. And Saturday we did a round trip of about 60 miles, checked it when returned home, and it was perfect. Is there a filter in the box that can be changed, and if so where ? Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vauxhall Owners Club Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Glad to hear the car is driving fine now Andy The filter is in the box under the sump, remove that and fit a new gasket at the same time. I would run it for a while to flush through any crud and then drain it down and remove the filter and fresh fluid once more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyR Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Thanks Trevor, that is the plan for warmer weather. Just changing the oil has made a vast improvement. Shall see how weather goes this week, and set about exhaust. Regards Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyR Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 Hi Trevor, whilst under the car doing exhaust, I looked to see where the sump for gearbox was. Can't seem to see an actual sump like on the engine. Am I looking in the wrong place, or just being a bit blind. Looks somewhat sealed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vauxhall Owners Club Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Oh not sure then, maybe someone knows where the filter is located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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