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Post Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:44 pm

can anyone tell me what type of ATF oil to put in the s50 gearbox 5 speed,thanks
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Post Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:05 am

orr wrote:can anyone tell me what type of ATF oil to put in the s50 gearbox 5 speed,thanks
Any Dexron II or Dexron III ATF will be fine. I use Castrol Dexron III from Halfords in mine.

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Post Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:57 am

Thanks ian i bet that castrol was not cheap from halfords,how many litres does it hold so i dont get too much.
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Post Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:47 pm

orr wrote:Thanks ian i bet that castrol was not cheap from halfords,how many litres does it hold so i dont get too much.
I don't think it's all that expensive actually. As for quantity, you'll need around 1.7 litres from memory. Certainly less than 2, but more than one :D

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