Yep, absolutely. I would have loved to have filled it up to the level of the plug. But as I wasn’t able to get the fill plug loose the only way I had to get gearbox oil into it was through the top.
The gearbox oil cooler had been punctured, and the gearbox oil leaked out. It had drained out to the point where it wasn’t much coming out of the ports that lead to the oil cooler are, when I took off the oil cooler and replaced it with the MR2 loop.
As those ports are quite low on the transmission, I put in the spec amount. I am betting that I put in too much and it’s burping out of a vent. I’ll test this theory out, but I’m betting it only leaks when I drive it. When it’s sitting there idling it doesn’t leak, as best as I can tell.
Anyway, it’s just a mess at the moment. I’ll get it sorted. I have a replacement gearbox oil radiator, and I’ll get a set of transmission plugs. When the weather warms up I’ll get down there and get the existing seized plugs off, let it drain out, get the gearbox oil cooler loop reinstalled, put the drain plug back on, and then refill it to the right level through the opening on the front of the transmission.
The gearbox oil cooler had been punctured, and the gearbox oil leaked out. It had drained out to the point where it wasn’t much coming out of the ports that lead to the oil cooler are, when I took off the oil cooler and replaced it with the MR2 loop.
As those ports are quite low on the transmission, I put in the spec amount. I am betting that I put in too much and it’s burping out of a vent. I’ll test this theory out, but I’m betting it only leaks when I drive it. When it’s sitting there idling it doesn’t leak, as best as I can tell.
Anyway, it’s just a mess at the moment. I’ll get it sorted. I have a replacement gearbox oil radiator, and I’ll get a set of transmission plugs. When the weather warms up I’ll get down there and get the existing seized plugs off, let it drain out, get the gearbox oil cooler loop reinstalled, put the drain plug back on, and then refill it to the right level through the opening on the front of the transmission.