[Dave Mills]

And the filler plug on the vehicles Ive owned is also the dipstick.

I love this forum for nit picking.

[dd]

You would have to specifically instruct the garage to change the gear box oil, and even then as it is not a recommended maintenance item, you would still have to trust that they bothered.

If you don't trust your garage why would you be taking your vehicle there? Anyway, you can check. Is the oil on the dipstick new or not?

Did not think there was a dipstick for the gearbox! I trust my mechanic, but if using a main dealer would understand they would be reluctant to carry out tasks not recommended on their maintenance schedule.

[mufcglen]

yup on most general manual vehicles they just have the drain plug and a filler plug which you just fill till it dribbles out then put the plug back in!
on alot of real auto's they have dipsticks.
a way to check just like seeing if sump plug's been undone for draining oil is to climb under and check to se if theres any evidence of the gearbox drain plugs been played with ie evidence of dirt moved or oil residue wiped, not a surefire way to make sure theyve change gearbox oil but about the best you'll get!

[Lee GLS]

And the filler plug on the vehicles Ive owned is also the dipstick.

I love this forum for nit picking.

Manual gearboxes have a plug you have to remove only automatic gearboxes have dipsticks.

It's not nitpicking it's just correcting wrong advice.

[Dave Mills]

And the filler plug on the vehicles Ive owned is also the dipstick.

I love this forum for nit picking.

Manual gearboxes have a plug you have to remove only automatic gearboxes have dipsticks.

It's not nitpicking it's just correcting wrong advice.

Ok, if you dont trust your garage to do the job, either find a decent garage, do it yourself or undo the plug then put a length of clean, lint free cloth ** into the filler hole and check that the oil is clean.

Jesus, its not beyond the wit of man to see if someone has changed the oil in your gearbox.

Or just ignore the problem and it will go away.  That is the better solution that I suspect 99% of people on here will take.

** EDIT ** after inserting the lint free cloth, pull it out again to inspect it - I dont want to give bad advice.

[Klean07]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/vauxhall/vivaro


Make your own mind up!

[DaveG]

270,000 miles? That's what mine used to have on it 

[Dave Willis]

what, before you turned the clock back?

[DaveG]

 





























Only joking