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The oil was dark grey, almost black, and opaque, not quite unlike the engine oil out of a diesel engine with a very slight contamination of coolant in the oil. The oil was cold when I drained the box, but it looked sort of "grainy" when it poured out, but it smelled like gear oil, no funny change of character.
Should I be OK just refilling it, and possibly change again in a few weeks, or is failure imminent? The colour of the oil suggests to me that some part of the box has been overheating badly, but I guess it could simply be age or that some material in the box wears off and turns black (like aluminium). It doesn't really sound very noisy, but then again I have had little road time with it.
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Joachim