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Cliffo B

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Autobox filter
08. Dec 2009 at 20:25

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 Thumbs Up!

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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Re: Autobox filter Reply #1 - 08. Dec 2009 at 20:39 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?
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biggriffin Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 302 cambs Drives: big n white.	Re: Autobox filter Reply #2 - 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.
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Entwood Omega King Offline Quietly Confident Posts: 13708 North Wiltshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 Elite (with LPG)	Re: Autobox filter Reply #3 - 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/
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Bent Valve Ex Member Drives: Omega 3Litre elite estate, Merc 190E	Re: Autobox filter Reply #4 - 08. Dec 2009 at 21:00 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
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Cliffo B Omega Baron Offline Posts: 2754 Leeds West Yorkshire Gender: Drives: '03 elite 3.2 estate	Re: Autobox filter Reply #5 - 08. Dec 2009 at 22:44 OK Thanks all, so the filter is paper, at that price a good job I've recently got my card from AutobahnStormers
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Elite Pete Omega King Offline My spider senses are tingling Posts: 17813 Northwich/Chester Gender: Drives: Facelift Wheezel,Breaking 2001 MV6	Re: Autobox filter Reply #6 - 08. Dec 2009 at 22:54 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.
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Albs Omega King Offline The upgrades are ongoing. Posts: 15083 North Essex Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5CD with LPG/Honda cbr600 FX	Re: Autobox filter Reply #7 - 08. Dec 2009 at 23:05 Nor me
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VXL V6 Omega Lord Offline Posts: 5306 Gender:	Re: Autobox filter Reply #8 - 08. Dec 2009 at 23:56 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.
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Cliffo B

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Re: Autobox filter
Reply #9 - 09. Dec 2009 at 00:42

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 Thumbs Up!

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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Autobox filter Reply #10 - 09. Dec 2009 at 08:12 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
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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: Autobox filter Reply #11 - 09. Dec 2009 at 08:22 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.
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Re: Autobox filter
Reply #12 - 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.

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chrisgixer Omega King Offline Black ones are faster. Posts: 14570 Wokingham Gender: Drives: "Omega Black" 3.2 Elite. Thanks to Joshwyatt.	Re: Autobox filter Reply #13 - 09. Dec 2009 at 09:33 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.
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Re: Autobox filter
Reply #14 - 10. Dec 2009 at 01:23

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 Thumbs Up!

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