Date:         Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:44:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Tranny oil - success
Comments: To: Blake Thornton <thornton@MATH.UTAH.EDU>
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wow! Wait. Stop! You probably put in too much oil!  Really.  The max oil
is NOT when it flows out but like 1/2" below the plug hole (check that
figure!) I put in too much once and had to replace the tranny seals 6
months later!

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356



On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Blake Thornton wrote:

> Well, I got around to putting in new transmission oil yesterday.  I
> drained the old (brownish in color) and cleaned off my drain plug (it had
> accumulated quite a collection of metal fragments).
>
> I then opened the bottles of redline MT90 and saw pink.  I was immediately
> worried but then realized that redline is synthetic and not dino oil.  So
> I dumped it into my tranny (ok, I actually pumped it in with a fluid pump
> and it worked great).  I used about 4 quarts in the tranny and about 1/5
> of a quart on the ground (oops!).
>
> I then drove around after buttoning everything back up.  My van shifted so
> wonderfully!  I couldn't believe I was driving the same van.  I wish I had
> done this earlier.
>
> Just thought I'd post my success.
>
> blake
> 84 westy
> SLC UT
>