Too Much ATF
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Too Much ATF
Hey anybody know what can happen if I overfill my tranny? Just wondering cause I just added some Lucas ATF conditioner stuff but I didn't take out any fluid. Also, how do I take out fluid if it is necessary? Thanks in advance
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Also, if you have a drain plug in the torque converter you can drain excess there. You unthread the plug to where it just begins to leak fluid. It drains very slowly at that point, slow enough to measure with a marked container.
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So I probably need to drain some out. Would the torque converter method be the easiest to get to?
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IMO, yes. Remove the rubber drain cover from the bottom of the bell-housing. You can slowly rotate the crank with a ratchet on the harmonic balancer bolt (clockwise facing the front of the engine) and watch the torque converter turn at the same time until the drain plug appears. On a 5.8, the HB bolt head is an 18 mm and the TC bolt head on the E40D is an 11 mm. Do this with the tranny cold and the ATF drains very slowly, even with the drain plug completely removed which you don't have to do. I don't know what tranny you have so I don't know the torque spec on the TC drain bolt.
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Get Urself A Hand Pump (like The Kind Used To Pump Gear Oil) And Attach A 1/4" Hose To One End. Stick That End Down The Dipstick Tube And Pump Out What U Need. There Is Not Mess Or Leaking Plug Problems.
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Originally Posted by BSHORT
Get Urself A Hand Pump (like The Kind Used To Pump Gear Oil) And Attach A 1/4" Hose To One End. Stick That End Down The Dipstick Tube And Pump Out What U Need. There Is Not Mess Or Leaking Plug Problems.
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Originally Posted by BSHORT
Get Urself A Hand Pump (like The Kind Used To Pump Gear Oil) And Attach A 1/4" Hose To One End. Stick That End Down The Dipstick Tube And Pump Out What U Need. There Is Not Mess Or Leaking Plug Problems.
