Yeah so I changed my transmission fluid this morning (let it drain for an hour in case anyone asks) and like the smart guy I am I only put in about 3.2 quarts thinking to myself it would be a lot easier to add than drain oil right?

Well I check the level and it's like 3/4 of an inch above full! So I think, no problem, I'll just go drive it around and the oil will work in and the level will go down.

Well it didn't and I'm wondering if I should go to the trouble of trying to take some oil out?

Only thing I can think is that when I drained it it was still up on the ramps so some oil might have been trapped in the diff. but really the ramps are pretty low. *sigh* Why can't things just go perfect for once? Should I try to take some oil out or will it be fine? Car seems to run fine...

 

lol, i did the same thing!!!!!

i took the time to drain out the excess fluid, better safe than sorry IMO

 

Did you just loosen the drain plug until it started dripping and left it for a bit or what?

 

pretty much, it was really messy and a pain in the a**.

 

Did you remember to warm up the tranny for a while. Flows out better that way.