hey everyone i just wanted to know if its possible to mess up a auto trans by over filling it with atf because the previous owner of my max filled it up passed the full mark on the dipstick and im afraid its gonna mess up my trans should i take some out???

 

Just drain some out....The drain plug is on the bottom of tranny facing the front of the car.....You need a 1/2 inch rachet to loosen the plug

 

answer in short.........Yes and Yes
You can damage by overfilling and as long as you know how to check your tranny fluid and are positive its overfilled you should drain some out. Otherwise it may "burp" out of the breather tube and make a mess at the least. The marks on the dipstick are there for a reason.

 

might as well just flush the whole thing.

 

depending on mileage, and if it was flushed faithfully in the past.

 

well if guy before him didnt know what he was doing and overfilled it im gonna go out on a limb and say not faithfully flushed.

 

the oil is a nice light red its not dark i think he just got it done since the car was well mantained

 

its only supposed to be light red in the 92-94 se's with the VE.........









im just playing , yeah youre probably good by just draining a bit. what i did was i syphoned it out from the fill spot. workd pretty good.

 

Just drain a little and this way you learn how to flush also

 

Are you sure you`re measuring it correctly. If measuring it like your oil, you will get an inaccurately high reading. You have to warm it up, drive around for at least 5 mins and move it through all gears, then check it with the engine running.

 

yes, it's bad to overfill the ATF. if too full, the fluid foams, and it looses it's lubricative and fricton properties. (that's bad)

 

I know this may sound bad, but where do you fill it up on a VG?

 

er thru the tranny dipstick tube.

 

What he said...Just get one of those ling, slender funnels.