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Can anyone help with how to check the gearbox oil?
My MPI 2002 Seicento SX has been playing up - the changes are no longer smooth and sometimes some gears are unselectable - It just won't go in. This is quite infrequent though. But all gear changes have become rough. As in you can feel the gears joining in a way you couldn't before. It used to be perfectly smooth. I have checked the clutch cable and the clutch is not biting on the bottom. The biting point is more or less in the middle of the pedal travel. So I thought it would be worth checking the gearbox oil level, seeing as the mileage is at 64000 and from searching I gather it should be changed anyway at 72000?
However I cannot locate the filler plug. I pulled off a small green plastic plug which is loose, I assume this is the breather? I can see no sign of any oil in this hole, it looks dry!
I think I have found the drain plug on the front side of the gearbox, but all I have is a Haynes cinquecento manual and the Sporting model in that seems to have a different gearbox. Besides I don't need the drain plug (yet) it's the filler plug I need!
From searching the forum I gather FIAT dealer's gearbox oil is the best if it does need doing?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
My MPI 2002 Seicento SX has been playing up - the changes are no longer smooth and sometimes some gears are unselectable - It just won't go in. This is quite infrequent though. But all gear changes have become rough. As in you can feel the gears joining in a way you couldn't before. It used to be perfectly smooth. I have checked the clutch cable and the clutch is not biting on the bottom. The biting point is more or less in the middle of the pedal travel. So I thought it would be worth checking the gearbox oil level, seeing as the mileage is at 64000 and from searching I gather it should be changed anyway at 72000?
However I cannot locate the filler plug. I pulled off a small green plastic plug which is loose, I assume this is the breather? I can see no sign of any oil in this hole, it looks dry!
I think I have found the drain plug on the front side of the gearbox, but all I have is a Haynes cinquecento manual and the Sporting model in that seems to have a different gearbox. Besides I don't need the drain plug (yet) it's the filler plug I need!
From searching the forum I gather FIAT dealer's gearbox oil is the best if it does need doing?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks,