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How much tranny oil?

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Old 07-02-06, 08:20 PM
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How much tranny oil?

Just like the title says.

85 SE, my factory shop manual says 1.7L the manual for my car says 2.0L?

I put 1.7L and she runs fine, shifts much better now as well.

On a side note I'm pretty happy because I finally have no leaks. Oil cooler and lines all fixed up, did the oil pan gasket. Only thing that is leaking a little bit is the drain plug on the rad (soon to be fixed). And soon I will be able to re-seal my driveway.

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fill 'er up until it starts to leak out -

or put your finger in there to see how close it is to the lip.
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^^^ I agree^^^
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When I saw the tittle, I was going to ask if you had downloaded the FSM, but no you had to suprise me and find 2 sources for your info instead. Since you can't buy .7 qt, you have to buy 2. The FSM states to fill until it reaches the top of the fill hole and use a finger to check fill level. That is the deciding factor on fill amount.
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Thanks guy's I will top it up tomorrow. I think 2L is correct as when I put 1.7L in nothing came out of the fill hole.

I just found it odd that I have two different amounts listed.

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Are you putting the oil in from the side of the transmission or through the shifter hole?
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Side of engine, I didn't even know you could put it in throught the shifter hole.
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you can and its much faster. just take teh trim piece off, pull off the top boot and it should expose three 10mm bolts. viola'!
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Originally Posted by mazdaverx713b
you can and its much faster. just take teh trim piece off, pull off the top boot and it should expose three 10mm bolts. viola'!
Filling through the shifter only works on the SA trannys, all the later ones are side fill.
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