Auto Transmission

Bosun · Post by **Bosun** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:21 am

Hi all
How critical are the level's on the gearbox dipstick.? I've just had mine in for a full service and on re checking (when engine was cold) found that the fluid was about an inch over full!

Colin Lambert · Post by **Colin Lambert** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:30 am

Aye, Aye!,
assuming your gearbox is auto, the level should be checked with the engine runnning. Move the selector up and down the quadrant (make sure the brake is on

) move back to neutral and dip . This should give you a true reading.

Bosun · Post by **Bosun** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:44 pm

Thanks for that Colin

Will run and check tonight.
What equipment would I need to suck oil out if still over full ?

Bonza · Post by **Bonza** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:20 pm

Getting oil of the auto box.

Realised that my gearbox had way too much oil after checking it properly when I got the Bongo.

Shopping at a Farmers store (I live in the country) I found a large syringe with a very small diameter long tube used for getting fluid out of sheep (have you had yer tea!). It had a spare tube which I taped to the original making it over 2 ft long. I secured the farmost tube with wire incase it fell into the gearbox and pushed the whole lot down the dip stick/filler tube. Managed to suck up a litre of oil very easily without pushing crud down the tube.
The whole lot cost less than ?2.
Bonz

Bosun · Post by **Bosun** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:07 pm

Cheers Bonz

Managed to find exactly the same thing from our local farmers store.....easy peasy, sucked out over a litre and half of oil. Re checked levels a couple of times, no problem!

Thanks again, much appreciated