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I was just doing a normal drain and fill on my transmission, and after lowering it and taking it for a drive this is the level on the dipstick. Should I be concerned? I'm contemplating trying to extract some out of the dipstick tube to bring the level down. I'd normally not give it much thought, but I only put a hair over 3 quarts in the transmission this time, and every other time it has taken more than that to bring it to a proper level. I drove the car around a bit to warm up the fluid and get it up to operating temperature and I checked it in under 60 seconds after the car was shut off, as the service manual suggests. Is this the recommended procedure? I've seem some people online saying you shouldn't drive it and just allow it to idle and warm up until the radiator switches on. I've checked it several times now and it's always somewhat above the second dot. I'm just nervous I'm not reading it properly and when I remove some fluid I'll be actually running the car underfilled. The service manual suggests adding around 3.2 quarts and I drain the trans when hot (albeit on ramps), so I'm not sure why it took so much less this time. I'm planning on measuring how much came out of the transmission tomorrow to get a better idea of what is going on.
On another note, how hot does the transmission generally get? I don't want the plastic tubing I'm using to extract fluid to melt inside of the transmission. I added a red arrow to where it looks like the level is
The tranny fluid doesn't get nearly as hot as engine oil, since there's not thousands of explosions per second going on inside the tranny.
The only way to get engine oil out of jetskis is to get it nice and hot, then use a transfer pump like this down the dipstick tube; https://www.harborfreight.com/multi-..._source=google
The plastic tubing will be fine.
Thanks for the replies. I filled the old fluid into my empty containers from new fluid and it looks like about 3 quarts, so I either have been running it overfilled or I'm somehow measuring wrong. I also pulled some of the fluid out using clear vinyl tubing and a syringe. After measuring again, it first read below the dots, and once I took a second measurement it is once again above the two dots. On the bright side, the car is now creeping much faster and gear changes seem smoother, although that might just be the hot temperatures (90F) affecting the viscosity of the ATF fluid. Either way, I think I will drain some more fluid tomorrow and see if I can get it to consistently read below the max line.
How badly is this overfilled?
On the bright side, the car is now creeping much faster and gear changes seem smoother, although that might just be the hot temperatures (90F) affecting the viscosity of the ATF fluid. Either way, I think I will drain some more fluid tomorrow and see if I can get it to consistently read below the max line.
