Parked up in a river.....

[wopass]

When I drained the transmission fluid only about 5L came out, but the service manual I've got says it needs 8.5L for a stage I or 11.5L for a stage II patrol. No idea which mine is, and I figured it's been running ok with just 5L in there, so I put 7L back in just incase it had been low to start with.
Once it had had time to settle I checked with the dipstick and it was reading over full, so now I'm wondering what to do.......
Should it be sweet with 7L? or do I need to drain some? Anybody know?

Cheers

carefully undo the drain plug and let a couple litres drain out then pop the plug back in, have a few rags handy as it will make a mess, lol. check level on trans dip stick again for correct level, drive to get it hot then chek again to confirm. when you fill through the trans dip stick tube its allways best to do so slowly and check level a few times in between. remembering to let it settle for a bit to get a good reading.
to much oil can be just as bad as not enough. causes all sorts of extra pressures on internals.

[mudlva]

drain the excess trans oil out its not to hard undo one of the hoses that goes to the radaitor start motor with the hose in a bottle have a helper to start the motor as if you took the hose that feed back to the trans when the motor start the oil will shoot out of the radaitor pipe and make a mess so then switch to the other pipe. drain out 1.5ltrs and then recheck.

must remember that the torque converter will still be holding a lot of fluid as you have not drained that

[meatc]

You can not get all the oil out of an auto by taking the bung out, as mentioned above the torque converter will hold a heap. Autos oil level is also usually checked with the engine running and after running the vehicle through all the gears (wheels jacked off ground but vehicle level) then netural (usually for a nissan) and check level. If you haven't takne it for a drive and the oil is cold use the cold level then go for a drive and get it hat and recheck the hot level.

As Wopass said to much can be as bad as not enough, and by the sounds you will have way to much.

The box I am usuing is essentually the same and 5L with just a bung removal drain is about right BUT you need to check it, and nissan dip sticks suck to read with nice fresh red oil.

[LIFTED]

Well had a fairly productive day today.....
Changed the oil in both front and rear diff and changed the auto transmission fluid.
The front diff oil was sweet but the rear diff oil was like chocolate milk. So I guess it was just as well I asked the question, otherwise I might not have changed it so soon, and would have been driving around with chocolate milk in the diff..
When I drained the transmission fluid only about 5L came out, but the service manual I've got says it needs 8.5L for a stage I or 11.5L for a stage II patrol. No idea which mine is, and I figured it's been running ok with just 5L in there, so I put 7L back in just incase it had been low to start with.
Once it had had time to settle I checked with the dipstick and it was reading over full, so now I'm wondering what to do.......
Should it be sweet with 7L? or do I need to drain some? Anybody know?

Cheers

Mate how did you drain the trans? Its not just a case of remove the bung and all fluid exits the trans unless its a manual box.In the auto the trans fluid is held in the torque converter,valve body
and other components/cooler etc.If in dout drop the pan change the trans filter and flush the fluid out while adding replacement fluid as this is how you change the auto trans oil completely including the fluid sitting in torque converter possibly 2l more.

[LIFTED]

drain the excess trans oil out its not to hard undo one of the hoses that goes to the radaitor start motor with the hose in a bottle have a helper to start the motor as if you took the hose that feed back to the trans when the motor start the oil will shoot out of the radaitor pipe and make a mess so then switch to the other pipe. drain out 1.5ltrs and then recheck.

must remember that the torque converter will still be holding a lot of fluid as you have not drained that

Yep second that.

[piebuss]

Yeah, we drained through the bung in the pan, then removed the pan and gave it and the magnet in the bottom a good clean with a wrag. Then we replaced the filter and pan seal and put it all back together.
Cheers guys, I'll go drain some today, shouldn't be too hard to just undo the bung and drain a litre of so... Shame I didn't ask this earlier actually, could have saved mysel a bit of cash and only bought 5L of fluid..... Anybody need a few litres of trans fluid?

[long]

Keep the trans fluid and use it in your power steering they both use the same fluid.