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So I replaced my transmission oil today with royal purple oil. I bought 2qts and filled the tranny but it didn't dribble or overflow. The capacity states 1.8qts so I should be okay right? Or should I go buy another qt and fill till it dribbles?

Thanks

swoope

iTrader: (5)

maybe stick your little finger in the fill hole and see if you can get any on you...

that is an odd issue..

beers

Winning 8

fill til it drip is better, and do it every 30K to keep it in good shape

yiksing

Is your car level?

x-ped

Winning 8, I assume you mean every 3k? My back end was slightly higher than my front when filling the oil. I drove it afterwards and seemed fine as the shifting was alot smoother. Maybe I'll go get another qt of rp and fill it till it drips.

carbonRX8

iTrader: (1)

Had the same issue. Tranny took 2.1 qts. Capacity is stated as an approximation according to the manual.

The car was dead level. Checked it with a level on the side body rails.

swoope

iTrader: (5)

no,
every 30k is correct, and if it was not level, that is it...

beers

Winning 8

engin oil is 3k, tranny, diff and coolant is 30k

yiksing

If I'm rich enough, I would do all fluid change every 3000 miles but I'm not.

x-ped

Thanks for all your help guys. This morning I filled the tranny up untill it started to drip. Surpisingly I needed a extra .2 qts. I guess when I was draining the oil the back was higher I may have drained some extra oil. Hopfully I didn't harm the tranny when I took it for a spin with the .2 qts short. Anyways the royal purple is alot smoother than the redline oil that was in before, and I can chirp the tires now with my heavy 19's which I couldn't do before.

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

Royal Purple is awesome stuff! I did the tranny and differential about a month or two after I got my car...I'll never use anything else.

Glad you got that .2 quarts in there. I doubt it had any negative effects on the tranny though.

OUCH... that picture is making my headache even worse. Cool fish eye lens though.