Good morning,
I have had an intermittent leak on the 85X for years. It looks like Redline MTL more than engine oil and is usually on the transmission side of the engine. After the last couple of energetic drives, I have found small puddles under the trans. Now I am trying to recall if the previous occurrences were during this cars autocross days.
Anyway. The car is parked in the garage, not jacked up at all. If I take out the fill plug at the top of the trans, I get trans oil immediately. I tried this a couple years ago and put the plug right back in due to the volume coming out. Today I decided to try again and let it flow a while. So I pulled the fill plug and this is the puddle that formed on the drain pad I had under the car.
That is a decent puddle and it would have grown a bit if it didn't put the plug back in.
My question is this: How much fluid should exit the fill port on level ground? My understanding was that you only filled the trans to the point that a little dribble of fluid came out the port. And the test for a "full" trans was to pull the fill plug and and see if you could feel fluid right up to the port. Am I wrong?
If my understanding is indeed correct, I guess the follow up is: How do you get this much extra fluid into the trans?
I have had an intermittent leak on the 85X for years. It looks like Redline MTL more than engine oil and is usually on the transmission side of the engine. After the last couple of energetic drives, I have found small puddles under the trans. Now I am trying to recall if the previous occurrences were during this cars autocross days.
Anyway. The car is parked in the garage, not jacked up at all. If I take out the fill plug at the top of the trans, I get trans oil immediately. I tried this a couple years ago and put the plug right back in due to the volume coming out. Today I decided to try again and let it flow a while. So I pulled the fill plug and this is the puddle that formed on the drain pad I had under the car.
That is a decent puddle and it would have grown a bit if it didn't put the plug back in.
My question is this: How much fluid should exit the fill port on level ground? My understanding was that you only filled the trans to the point that a little dribble of fluid came out the port. And the test for a "full" trans was to pull the fill plug and and see if you could feel fluid right up to the port. Am I wrong?
If my understanding is indeed correct, I guess the follow up is: How do you get this much extra fluid into the trans?