Silky Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Priding myself on being fully prepped for the 10CR, I succumbed to the temptation to do some last minute fiddling... decided to top up the gearbox oil using a large syringe via my neat little access panel in the gearbox tunnel. Squeezed syringe and the small plastic nozzle (about 10mm x 15mm) detached itself and dropped into my gearbox... Taking a cross-section of internet wisdom it seems that I should just 'carry on' as the plastic will just get shredded in the gearbox. then drain & flush out the gearbox in a couple 1000 miles. Any advice / sensible opinion gratefully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 It will only take an hour or so to retrieve it. And the plastic will fatal to an Overdrive if you have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Take the gearbox cover off then top off gearbox. Then retrieve plastic tube,if you have engaged gear you will have several pieces to recover,best of luck,regards Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 What about drain it now? You might be lucky and it comes out and with your access panel refilling will be easy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 If you leave it in...that would be fatal ,as explained...it will float around and do damage especially overdrive Syringe? If you had a small thumb operated oil can and had a piece of plastic washer tube fitted on the end to reach the filler ,there would be no problem.....and you can do it standing up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silky Posted September 1, 2019 Author Share Posted September 1, 2019 got it out opened the top cover of the gearbox, took a couple of hours with small piece of wire, camera probe and a vacuum cleaner... Syringe now in the bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Cook Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Well done Mike, better safe than sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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