it deffo had oil in it,,,,,, just last week it pissed all its oil out as the sump plug was undone so i put 4 litres of oil back in it,,,,, and that was just last week too pmsl
i fitted a uk spec box for the longer ratios, my STI had the same 5th gear but didnt have 3.9 diff and it was a ty54 box so ment to be stronger,,,,,,, doh !
recon its just a weak point and my mate is a bit of a animal in reality with no mechanical sympathy even though he claims he neever went over 4500 rpm the tosser pmsl