How often gear oil should be changed? Why?

By, 2018-07-22

gear, how is important to change gear oil?

We all know these terms "gear" and "transmission" and its important in the car as it works to change the speed automatically instead of the driver. The transmission has an oil called "gear oil" and it is neglected by many people who do not know the function of gear oil Nor the importance of changing it.

What is the function of gear oil for the car?

Car oils generally play a major role in maintaining the car and increasing its life span, and oils also reduce the temperature of the car and its internal parts and protect them from rust and corrosion.

As for the gear oil, unlike what is common that there is no need to change it, the owners of cars have to change the gear oil constantly for its crucial role in maintaining the internal parts from frictions. Gear oil protects the transmission and other parts of any defect can occur. Its main task is to preserve and help transmission to work efficiently.

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How can I know that the gear oil needs to be changed?

First you should read the manual that comes with your car and see tips on changing gear oil. Here are some of the cases where you should change your car's gear oil:

1. Where do you drive your car?

It is advised to change gear oil if you driver your car on muddy or hard conditions after driving between 30000 to 50000 miles. On the other hand, in case of normal driving, it is recommended to change gear oil every 60000 to 80000 miles.

2. Mileage:

Generally, it is recommended to change the gear oil at a distance of 60,000 km, but if you drive your car long distances and daily, this period will be reduced to 40,000 km. And do not forget to change the oil filter also because you will find a lot of accumulations on it, which will weaken the effectiveness of the function of oil and gear oil.

3. Change the manual gear oil:

The process of changing the gear oil of a manual transmission is different from changing it for an automatic one. It is preferred to change it from time to time and not to wait for long. The process of changing the oil of manual transmission is by removing liters of gear oil each week and replace it with new oil and carried out this process over successive weeks.

This process works to protect the gear and the car because the car may be subject to some problems if it is filled with gear oil that is completely new.

Further reading: 6 things to check regularly in your car

How to check the gear oil?

Some cars, having manual transmission,do have dipstick to check the oil level in the. Yet if there is a dipstick, you can check the gear oil level and its condition via the hill hole. It is worth mentioning that the manul transmission has 2 plugs that one of them is to fill the gear oil and the another is to grain it.

Mechanics know how to remove the fill plug and check the gear oil's condition and level. The gear oil level must be with the fill hole and if it is lower, it is needed to be filled.

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