You are brave to set te car ‘down’ only on the jack like that. Better be safe and set the car on 4 jackstands. Also you always, always remove the fill plug first. Even if it is plastic.
Haven't watched the video for a while but it was on axle stands when I was under it, not sure what you mean by the second point, guessing make sure you can remove the fill plug before draining?
Hi there I got it randomly for christmas one year but the extracting is what I have. Fluid just goes in one direction so you can reverse the pipes. Note there's probably cheaper ways like a big fluid syringe.
I changed it every year however manufacturers always have a much longer interval. My reasoning was I use it regularly on track and the bearings are known to go on these boxes so I wanted it to have the best chance.
As for making a difference If the old gearbox oil has done many 10's of thousands of miles without a change you should notice the gear engagement feels better. I didn't notice a difference on this car however because of how few miles I was changing the oil at.
Hi mate, How much fluid do you drain out only hacking up one side of the car？ I plan to change my gear oil recently, wondering do i need to Jack up the car in the same level？ Because i want to drain the fluid as much as i can.
Roughly similar to what goes in so about 2.6-2.8 litres comes out, it doesn't look like much as I sped that up in editing.. plug is at the back of the box so in theory jacking the front up higher than the rear could help?
@@davezetec I just had my gearbox oil replaced, and i reverse my car on two ramps then put two jacks in the front, and Jack up the car to make the car in a horizon level. I got nearly 3L, it looks like it has been changed in the past but my car only done 50000kms. And i put 2.5L in the gearbox
@@yimingqu1966 odd you got more out than you put in! But yeah the book says it takes 2.4l to refill but so long as the cars level and it pours out the hole all is good 👍
@@davezetec is it an idea to lift & support as u did, one side. Deal with the plug, drain. Then bring the car down, so will be all level. That might produce a last bit drained out? Th n jack the car up again.
Always drain when level. Not propped up one side, you will never empty properly. NEVER re use a sump plug washer. Using a higher torque could strip the threads. Also it was not a crush washer, just a plain copper washer that was on there originally so who you bought the car off did shit maintenance. Use a self centering bonded washer. Belts and braces.
@@robaustin245 it was a genuine Renault crush washer as was the original but as you saw I had to make do since it was the wrong size.. never leaked after that if it did I would go back and replace it. Most actual mechanics don't even torque they just do it by feel, an extra 5nm won't hurt. As for being level to drain it should be even on both sides but if the front is in the air it doesn't matter much as the drain is at the back. Car did 60k with about 20 track days with me changing the gear oil every year so no it didn't whine
@@davezetec yes. And by the way, in case a little bit more of the old fluid would remain, how could it hurt? It isn't a flush & that means some of the old fluid remains anyway. Which, as I understand it, is not hurting at all. On the contrary. Complete flush is ill advertised, or isn't it :)
@@TheMrBennito yes unless it's contaminated somehow there's no issue. Only way to fully flush is a gearbox strip down really. My other car a ford focus I drained the fluid on flat, removed the box to change the clutch and drained even more out just by tipping it towards the drain hole which you can't do while it's on the car.
@@davezetec thanks mate, iv got the Megane MK4 RS Trophy but its got the PK4 box still. Its in garage right now for a bearing whine. Gearbox job. Absolute joke mate cars got 10k on clock. I dont trust the garage will put the proper gearbox oil in. So going to do this myself. Cheers
@@johnboy2436 yeah you're right it's still the pk4, the bearing whine is a common issue mine never suffered from it was on 50k when I sold it iirc with plenty of track use not sure if that's because of me changing the box oil constantly or just luck. Btw there is a new gear oil formulation since I put this video on beleive it's Elf NFX you need now.
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Thank you just what I needed to know about how to get to the gearbox oil filler. Great tutorial and appreciated.
nice rims dude, thank you for the tutorial
Hello, thank you for this great tutorial. Does the mk3 Megane RS have a gearbox oil filter and if so, do you change it sometimes?
Hi, no worries, no it does not as far as I know
You are brave to set te car ‘down’ only on the jack like that. Better be safe and set the car on 4 jackstands. Also you always, always remove the fill plug first. Even if it is plastic.
Haven't watched the video for a while but it was on axle stands when I was under it, not sure what you mean by the second point, guessing make sure you can remove the fill plug before draining?
@@davezetec yes, I saw that advice before . Check the fill plug first, if it doesn't release after the drain you're stranded
Fuel pumps are advertised as only extracting, while I want to fill? Please the brand/type of the specific pump you use. Great tutorial!
Hi there I got it randomly for christmas one year but the extracting is what I have. Fluid just goes in one direction so you can reverse the pipes.
Note there's probably cheaper ways like a big fluid syringe.
It was branded 'Ultimate Speed' 😂
@@davezetec Jeeze, simple as that, reverse the pipes :( so not smart to advertise as extracting pump when it is capable of 2way 😆
How often do you do this? Is the car driving better after such a change?
I changed it every year however manufacturers always have a much longer interval. My reasoning was I use it regularly on track and the bearings are known to go on these boxes so I wanted it to have the best chance.
As for making a difference If the old gearbox oil has done many 10's of thousands of miles without a change you should notice the gear engagement feels better. I didn't notice a difference on this car however because of how few miles I was changing the oil at.
Thanks for the tutorial! Why did it look like only a bit of fluid came out of the box?
Hi I sped it up in editing 🙂
Hello, nice instructions. Can you please tell me what oil should I need for my captur 1.5 automatic edc? Thanks
I withdrew my comment as I don't actually know, give Renault a ring they will tell you :)
Hi, would you recommend Redline MTL 75W80 for gear oil change on the Megane RS3 250? Thanks!!
Hi I recommend Elf NFP 75-W80 which is what Renault use however that's not to say another brand of the same spec won't work as well.
@@davezetec ok thank you!!
Hi mate,
How much fluid do you drain out only hacking up one side of the car？
I plan to change my gear oil recently, wondering do i need to Jack up the car in the same level？
Because i want to drain the fluid as much as i can.
Roughly similar to what goes in so about 2.6-2.8 litres comes out, it doesn't look like much as I sped that up in editing.. plug is at the back of the box so in theory jacking the front up higher than the rear could help?
@@davezetec
I just had my gearbox oil replaced, and i reverse my car on two ramps then put two jacks in the front, and Jack up the car to make the car in a horizon level.
I got nearly 3L, it looks like it has been changed in the past but my car only done 50000kms. And i put 2.5L in the gearbox
@@yimingqu1966 odd you got more out than you put in! But yeah the book says it takes 2.4l to refill but so long as the cars level and it pours out the hole all is good 👍
@@davezetec is it an idea to lift & support as u did, one side. Deal with the plug, drain. Then bring the car down, so will be all level. That might produce a last bit drained out? Th n jack the car up again.
Hi is that a edc auto gearbox
No bud mk3 rs never came with edc only the MK4, it does have the same PK4 manual gearbox as the MK4 though.
What are your brake disks?
PFC 2 piece discs
@@davezetec
Do you know what the proper spec is of the gearbox oil?
@@100kmp you need Elf NFX now, it just replaced NFP I wouldnt run anything else
Total bodge job. How long before it started to whine.
Lol what
Always drain when level. Not propped up one side, you will never empty properly. NEVER re use a sump plug washer. Using a higher torque could strip the threads. Also it was not a crush washer, just a plain copper washer that was on there originally so who you bought the car off did shit maintenance. Use a self centering bonded washer. Belts and braces.
@@robaustin245 it was a genuine Renault crush washer as was the original but as you saw I had to make do since it was the wrong size.. never leaked after that if it did I would go back and replace it.
Most actual mechanics don't even torque they just do it by feel, an extra 5nm won't hurt.
As for being level to drain it should be even on both sides but if the front is in the air it doesn't matter much as the drain is at the back.
Car did 60k with about 20 track days with me changing the gear oil every year so no it didn't whine
@@davezetec yes. And by the way, in case a little bit more of the old fluid would remain, how could it hurt? It isn't a flush & that means some of the old fluid remains anyway. Which, as I understand it, is not hurting at all. On the contrary. Complete flush is ill advertised, or isn't it :)
@@TheMrBennito yes unless it's contaminated somehow there's no issue. Only way to fully flush is a gearbox strip down really. My other car a ford focus I drained the fluid on flat, removed the box to change the clutch and drained even more out just by tipping it towards the drain hole which you can't do while it's on the car.
when you said 25? Is that 25nm of torque or???
Assume you mean when I tightened the drain plug, yeah it said 25nm on screen when I said it
@@davezetec Thanks mate and is that the figures quoted by Renault? Looking to do mine soon! Nice one
@@johnboy2436 it was a while ago I made this but pretty sure I got it from the manual in the specific section for the PK4 box installed in these
@@davezetec thanks mate, iv got the Megane MK4 RS Trophy but its got the PK4 box still. Its in garage right now for a bearing whine. Gearbox job. Absolute joke mate cars got 10k on clock. I dont trust the garage will put the proper gearbox oil in. So going to do this myself. Cheers
@@johnboy2436 yeah you're right it's still the pk4, the bearing whine is a common issue mine never suffered from it was on 50k when I sold it iirc with plenty of track use not sure if that's because of me changing the box oil constantly or just luck. Btw there is a new gear oil formulation since I put this video on beleive it's Elf NFX you need now.