Mini Pump for Diff/Gearbox oil change.

[ajnabi]

Can anyone recommend a pump to change the fluid in the Diffs and the gearbox.

I've only come up with this so far, from halfords (also in machine mart):

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...uctId_567051_langId_-1_categoryId_165469#dtab

Capacity is 1L.

Are there other ways to do this?

Thanks
IQ

 

[Chris]

Yep. Garden centre or DIY shed. About £15 for a garden sprayer. Take the spray head bit off, fill with oil and pump. Works an absolute treat. OK I wouldn't leave the oil outside overnight in this weather as it might thicken up quite a bit. But for diffs, transfer, auto fluid etc I don't use anything else.


Chris

 

[Andy Harvey]

Hi.

I use one of the 3/5 litre pesticide sprayers you can get from garden centres with the spray head removed from the pipe. Costs about the same as the pump though.

 

[Andy Harvey]

Chris beat me to it!

 

[Chas]

Would this be any good? cheap and free P&P

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AIR-PUMP-WATER-OI ... 3362cc98e7

 

[Chris]

Chas, it might be, but the beauty of the garden spray is that you stick your 2.7 l of oil or whatever in it, pump it up and go for a cuppa. It just does it for you. You have to keep pumping that one. It's so simple, it should be illegal.

C

 

[Andy Harvey]

Chris is right, other pumps for gearboxes and diffs tends to be a 2 man job - someone to hold the pipe underneath and someone to pump the pump because it won't fit under the car, or because you don't have 3 pairs of hands. I wouldn't be without my garden sprayer/pump now.

 

[4x4xfaz]

The garden sprayer seems ideal ... and very simple, on my shopping list now.

P.S I have used large syringes for top up only, obviously not god for full refill.

 

[ajnabi]

Thanks Chris and Andy, you guys were spot on.

I bought this from B&Q for about £16.

Link to B&Q http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=0000003643396&x=0&y=0

Perfect for the job.

IQ