Fluid - A/T: Service and Repair
CAUTION: Use correct grade of fluid.
Gearbox With Drain Plug:
- Remove plug and drain off fluid.
Rear Return Oil Cooler Pipe Connection:
- Undo rear (return) oil cooler pipe connection.
- Connect transparent plastic tube to pipe refit plug in sump.
- Add approx. 2 liters of fluid.
1. Start engine and allow to idle.
2. Stop engine when air bubbles appear in hose.
3. Add approx. 2 liters of fluid.
4. Repeat steps 1-2. Reconnect pipe to gearbox.
Gearbox without drain plug
Rear Return Oil Cooler Pipe Connection:
- Undo rear return oil cooler pipe connection.
- Connect transparent plastic tube to pipe.
1. Start engine and allow to idle.
2. Stop engine when air bubbles appear in hose.
3. Add approx. 2 liters of fluid.
4. Repeat steps 1-3.
5. Repeat steps 1-2. (Transmission is now drained of fluid.) Reconnect pipe to gearbox.
Selector Lever And Dipstick:
All Gearboxes.
- Add approx. 2 liters of fluid.
- Apply handbrake.
- Start engine and allow to idle. Move selector lever through gear positions.
- Place selector lever in position P. Wait 2 minutes and check fluid level.
- Top up as required.
- Stop engine.