In my quest to tidy up the loose ends and get the Mini ready for sale, the car received an oil service and a simple but impactful cosmetic change.
Tag: Transmission
Just to keep things interesting, I got to help a friend out with their VW Passat that had a transmission issue.
The transmission has never been great since I got the car. It was really the biggest thing letting down the enjoyment of hooning around on boost.
With the major source of oil leaks under the car sorted, I needed to repair some collateral damage from the previous leaks. The transmission mounts had turned to jello and weren’t doing a lot.
It’s never a dull day in the garage when you own a Rover.
I had some time off from work today, so I finally got around to servicing my auto transmission.
As part of my usual “new car” base-line servicing, I changed the oil in the MX5 the other day.
Did the engine oil this evening after work, decided to do it now as the engine needs to be hot, but for the trans oil tomorrow it needs to be stone cold (as the fluid expands when hot, and its harder to judge how much to put in when you’re putting in cold fluid).