[urq] Ur-q gearbox oil

[Jim Haseltine]

Actually, I think that I've just found the answer to my question.
In the archives from June 97, Mr Payne advised:-

>Checking the gearbox oil level is easy, productive and messy.  The filler
is a
>plug on the side with an Allen recess - you wind it out, stick in the gear
oil
>bottle's proboscis, and squeeze.  When the stuff overflows and drips in
your
>eye, it's full.

If its good enough for Phil, its good enough for me. Back under the car.....

Regards,

Jim Haseltine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Haseltine" <Jim at ur-q.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <urq at audifans.com>; "audifans" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 2:25 PM
Subject: [urq] Ur-q gearbox oil


> Anybody - what's the refill oil capacity of an Ur-q APX gearbox?
> I think the full capacity is 3.2 litres so I'd expect the refill to be
> around 3. What I've drained out is nothing like that, 2-2.5 at best and
its
> not pleasant stuff, brown/black and stinks - rather a lot of foam too so
I'm
> guessing that the slight noise from the gearbox was down to it being low
on
> oil.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Haseltine
>
>
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