Bearbox Breather

eEm · Post by **eEm** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:39 pm

Sat in traffic in the M1 'carpark' tuther night I noticed a strong smell of gearbox oil! Checked it out this morning to find that I've lost about half a litre through the gearbox breather or up the sides of it at least.

The only thing I've done , driving-wise differently is taken her over 100mph for about 10minutes just before I hit the carpark stretch.

esta · Post by **esta** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:38 pm

Love the way this "bearbox" thing has caught on

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:58 pm

shame the g/box is not that much of a bear! M59 right?

Ettore Bugatti · Post by **Ettore Bugatti** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:22 pm

I think the bear is out of the cage.

Any problems after filling the oil up?

eEm · Post by **eEm** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:28 pm

Think its an M59 I'll have to check. 95'celeb so I should think so.

Nothing leaked today but I've only done a few miles.

eEm · Post by **eEm** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:24 am

I think I've worked out what the problem is

The breather tube, according to the parts book is quite long and seems to end up in the bottom of the g'box. Mine is only about a centimetre (thats less than half an inch to you older forum members! or so I'm told) don't know why it suddenly snapped but its a split gearbox job to replace.