Diesel Auto box errors

[Matt1960]

Originally Posted by willster

Cheers , got it with a trusty butter knife in the end. All done , new solenoid in, changes nice and smooth now , oil changed . Only thing thats worrying me is the the oil quantity/level. I got 4.7 litres out when i dropped it so as a start i put 4.7 back then went for a blast to check my solenoid fix was good and heat the box up a bit , got engine up to temp over about 7 miles and headed back to my garage cycled through the whole box. Then with the engine still running and car on dead flat level i undid the oil level plug, oil was running out for a good while and when it eventually started to peter out a had amassed 2 litres !! Because i had so much come out im now questioning my method. Or did my box just have 2 litres too much in it. Are you supposed to drain excess oil from level drain plug with engine running?

To me 4.7 litres sounds more than most have drained. Is that just from the drain plug or from the solenoid cover too?
I think from memory I got 3.8 litres.

I believe the engine should be running and in 'P' when the level is checked.

Matt

[willster]

Thanks Matt, 4.7 from the drain and probably 300ml from solenoid cover. I was in N with car running .May have another go today in park just for piece of mind.

[craig8661]

dont forget before you check the leval with the brake on go throu each pos on the gear selector