Manual Gearbox Oil Change

[dav]

Hi again,  I have changed gearbox oil on my previous car, a 9 5 Aero, as it was a good few years old.I still have some of the fluid left and was contemplating changing the fluid on the current car,2004 9 3 Aero. Cant find a great deal of info on this so my question is has anyone done this. If so any info would be usefull. Does anyone have the gearbox oil capacity.

It was a tricky job on the 9 5 as you had to use a cut down allen key to get to the drain plug so I was hoping on the 9 3 its a bit easier.
Thanks in advance David

[phoenix]

It looks reasonably straightforward in the manual. Presuming it's a six speed there's a single drain plug underneath, and a fill plug on top. There's no level check; you just drain and refill with 2.2l of MTF 0063.

[dav]

Thanks Phoenix. Mines the 5 speed box but hopefully I may see the capacity in the Haynes manual or the handbook. Havent checked yet as in work but it surely cant be such a tough job as doing the 9 5 .Sub frame member in the way of the drain plug and it was a right pain to get access and leverage on the allen key.

[phoenix]

Ah... the 5 speed is a little more complex and there are two variants, one worse than the other. Not at home at the mo but will try to dig out the full info later

[phoenix]

OK, having read carefully, if my understanding is correct, there is no facility to drain the trans fluid on any 5 speed manual gearbox except that fitted to the ZX18E, which I think is the N/A engine.

[dav]

Thanks Phoenix, thats an interesting scenario about the gearbox basically being a sealed unit with regard to draining and re filling with fluid.

Theres nowt wrong with gear shift but being old fashioned I have the oil and car is 7 years old so thought I might as well change.
I know its supposed to be long life oil etc but I like to look after my cars and oil changes etc get done every 10k at least. None of this 2 year or 16k intervals for me.
Thanks again David