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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / March 200802' Forester Auto Tranny overfilled
I recently had my car serviced at the dealer. One of the things they did was flush out the transmission fluid. This was two weeks and around 300 miles ago. Today I was doing the routine fluids check on my cars. When I checked the Forester's tranny fluid, it was overfilled. I removed about 10 ounces of fluid to get at the correct level. Do you think this is something that could have damaged the tranny? The car was driving normally all along. TIA! All the best, Ben > I recently had my car serviced at the dealer. One of the things they did > was flush out the transmission fluid. This was two weeks and around 300 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > All the best, > Ben Be sure to follow the 'procedure' and recheck again soon. Generally, the car should be parked on level ground and left runnning after having been drivien to normal operating temps., then, (with foot on brake) move the gear shift lever through each gear, then back to park. Then check for the fluid level to be at the HOT mark. If you still think the level was about 10ozs too much - I'm gonna guess that it is too small an amount over too short a period of time to damage anything. Carl  Signatureto reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) Also keep in mind it's pretty hard to get the level right the first time around. I had mine done at the dealer and it was under filled by a lot. It LOOKED ok when you did the proper proceedure, but after a week, it was low again. So I'd top it off. Then it was fine for two weeks, then low again. So I'd top it off. Then it stopped needing it. So it wasn't leaking. There are A LOT of nooks and crannies in there that might not have gotten filled properly. So, yeah, definately check it weekly until the level stablizes. >> I recently had my car serviced at the dealer. One of the things they did >> was flush out the transmission fluid. This was two weeks and around 300 [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Carl |
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