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thanks for that, but the hole is so small and I specifically bought a new small funnel for this function, I suspect that the box is on it's way out, but there has been a oil leak at some stage from the front of the engine (probably oil filter) that has "blown back" and coated parts of the engine and gearbox in oil, so was looking to verify that the leak was not coming from the gearbox via the transmission shaft seals for instance and rendering the gearbox low on oil. One thing under investigation was that the speedo cable screw-on cap appeared to be missing a seal as stated in the Haynes manual, that said I have had this car since May 2004. What I find difficult to understand is why 5th gear would start to whine (assuming it's starting to wear) and then literally within 2 weeks 3rd develops a whine as well. But just wondered if there where any other ideas on offer or experience of a similar problem. Cheers Jen

Hi Now I'm new here, so please forgive me if I should have posted this on another question board. Skoda felicia 1997 ® GLI 89k 5th gear started whining a couple of weeks ago, then 3rd, 5th jumps out of gear when at nearly 50mph. Have tried checking oil level as in manual by removing speedo cable and using the end as a dipstick. This proved inconclusive, so decided to top up gear box to see if this resolved whining noise. At we used a funnel with bluetack to make a good seal and tried leaving funnel for 30 mins to see if it topped up gearbox, this didn't seem to work as level did not appear to have gone down. I then tried using a syringe to inject in. This didn't work either. So is either the gearbox is full up with oil and the whining is due to wear/damage on 5th and 3rd gears or could it be that the oil is just too viscous to run through a ridiculously small hole.:confused: Any helpful suggestions gratefully received. Happy New Year to all Jen