To oil or not to oil - 5 speed shifter turret

tasna6 · Postby **tasna6** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:49 am

Hi Everyone, Recently picked up a na6 and loving it!

I checked out the shift boots and noticed that yay the boots are fine (look new) but there is no oil and only grease lubricating the shifter. My question is - does this matter?
I suspect not, as it might have a leak and not hold any oil.
The shift action feels ok to me (though this is the only mx5 I've dríven).
Thanks for your advice!

gslender · Postby **gslender** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:22 am

It is supposed to have oil. That's what mazda expected when they designed it - if you do something different you'd need to be aware of why. I'd put oil in it.

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 10:13 am

Yeah, factory workshop manual states 'oil' for turret - manga_blue posted a page from it on here a while back on another GB issue, & the page clearly stated oil.

Postby **beavis** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:27 pm

it needs oil

Get something that is GL4 75-90

tasna6 · Postby **tasna6** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:47 pm

Cheers everyone, I'll give it a splash when I change the gearbox oil and monitor the levels.

pezchops · Postby **pezchops** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:53 pm

check how much oil drains from your gear box.
if more oil drains out than should be in there you can deduce the turrent oil has leaked into the gearbox

i dont know how much oil is suppose to be in the turrent...maybe not enough to measure if it has leaked into the gearbox?

greenltd · Postby **greenltd** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:49 am

Yes there should be oil in there, but the seals may be worn hence the grease as a substitute. It volume of oil is small, perhaps 50ml from memory. Mine ised to leak and drain completely in a few days of driving so i used special molybdenum grrase. My experience says it worked well keeping a great feel to the shift action.

aka_juffa · Postby **aka_juffa** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:01 am

Just to add some information regarding the turret oil leaking into the gearbox.

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=224652

Go the last post (page 2)....interesting read.

J.