I need to renew the autobox oil.With help from the forum I know there is a filter in the autobox,the filter will cost me  60.63+vat. Ouch!! (TC card price) from the main dealer.Does anybody know if this filter is made of metal,plastic,or textile,I understand it's possible to rinse the filter clean and re-use it.I think this would be ok with metal or plastic but  textile could be dodgy.Problem is it's as much as a 4 day wait from order to delivery,so if i'm going to have to order a replacement to do the job the info would be most appreciated :y :y

Theres a chap who sells the filter kit, including two sump gaskets, on the Autobahnstormers site and somehwere around half of the dealer price.  Perhaps someone better placed could assist with a link?

the filter is paper and its not worth cleaning them any way. to refil the box invest in a syringe. looks like a grease gun but has a flexy pipe on it get them from screw fix direct makes filling the box easy.

Get your filter and gaskets from these folks ... way cheaper than Vx ... and recommended by autobahnstormers.

http://www.jpat.co.uk/

Entwood wrote on 08. Dec 2009 at 20:56:

Get your filter and gaskets from these folks ... way cheaper than Vx ... and recommended by autobahnstormers. http://www.jpat.co.uk/

Yes, I paid approx £20 for filter and 2 gaskets earlier this year

OK Thanks all, so the filter is paper, at that price a good job I've recently got my card from AutobahnStormers

biggriffin wrote on 08. Dec 2009 at 20:42:

the filter is paper and its not worth cleaning them any way. to refil the box invest in a syringe. looks like a grease gun but has a flexy pipe on it get them from screw fix direct makes filling the box easy.

I have slept since the last time I did one but I don't remember it being paper.

Nor me  :-/

Nope, definately not paper! Also was told by a very knowledgable person on here that he's never seen a blocked filter and has never replaced one, just cleaned the original. If he ever saw a blocked filter then he wouldn't bother carrying on, he'd replace the gearbox as it would be totally FUBAR.

Oh heck,looks as if Biggriffin has misinterpreted my query. Thanks a lot guys going tomorrow to the main dealers to collect a powersounder.When I went to order the powersounder I got quote for 2 gaskets & a filter of 88.54,Iwill of course be querying this, and I'll try and get sight of a filter if they have one in stock, will let you know how I get on :y

If you speak to JPAT, ask for the oof discount, as mentioned in parts for sale sticky.


The big syringe's are ok for a top up, but if your buying something, I would get a garden 'killaspray' for a couple of quid....

fill with atf, pump up the pressure, release the trigger, sit back and watch the box fill  :y

The filter media is a fabric and washes out well with paraffin or a similar cleaning agent.

Its there to do little more than stop big bits getting into the oil system.

washed mine out, no problem, there was nout in it anyway... it aint paper. And i'm told you can get away with a sealent instead of a gasket, prefer the gaskets myself. Also Dex 3 can be had much cheaper via a factors. Fuchs titan 4000  being a good choice but only comes in a 5 litre can i beleive, so you need 2 5litre cans, where as the vx stuff can be had in 1litre bottles so you can usually take unopened bottles back.

Having said that dealers have a habit of running out of Dexron 3, saying its been super seeded by Dexron 6 which is said to be a far superior oil. But is it ok in the omega box? I used 3 myself.

ps, dealers usually have to order the filter in ime, which is another reason to clean the old one out. Its really not a problem.

chrisgixer wrote on 09. Dec 2009 at 09:31:

washed mine out, no problem, there was nout in it anyway... it aint paper. And i'm told you can get away with a sealent instead of a gasket, prefer the gaskets myself. Also Dex 3 can be had much cheaper via a factors. Fuchs titan 4000  being a good choice but only comes in a 5 litre can i beleive, so you need 2 5litre cans, where as the vx stuff can be had in 1litre bottles so you can usually take unopened bottles back. Having said that dealers have a habit of running out of Dexron 3, saying its been super seeded by Dexron 6 which is said to be a far superior oil. But is it ok in the omega box? I used 3 myself.

   I got my Fuchs Titan 4000 from Opie Oils came in 1 and 5L bottles Chris :y.

Hello all,with all the info you've given me I'll spirit wash the filter,and use VX gaskets.I do like the tip to use a garden pump up spray(with spray nozzle removed) to tank up with fluid.Once again thanks for all your valuable advice,I think all thats needed now is the sump bolt torque settings I'll search the forum bet there somewhere on there,and of course some GM dexron3 oil,I would much prefer to use the same oil as will already exist on the working parts of the autobox

If using the killaspray tip, take off the spray lance that comes with the device and replace with a length of copper pipe (about 8mm dia. fitted my Aldi spray). Then bend the end of the pipe round to form a hook, which you can hang on the autobox filler hole. :y

Kevin

And dont bother with Gm DexIII.

I rate the titan 4000 from fuchs from here (note, members discount available)

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-965-fuchs-titan-atf-4000-multifunctional-automatic-transmission-fluid.aspx

Great stuff :y Will sort out that bit of OK plumbing, even got some 8mm pipe left from a caravan job. Fuchs Titan 4000 oil from Opie Oils won't be a prob,I already get my Mobil 1 for the motor from them,thank you all :y :y