danger to overfilled transmission and t-case?
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danger to overfilled transmission and t-case?
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Pretty much what the title says. Any one ever have issues/ blown seals anything from having a bit too much fluid in the t-case or transmission? The car may have not been perfectly level when I did the fluid changes and I am a bit concerned...Or am I being paranoid . Not as if the car was at a 45* angle . Is the added extra fluid extra insurance? or a problem waiting to happen? ( I can hear it already..."the fill line/bolt hole level is there for a reason..." yes I used diaqueen gl-5 sae 90 for t-case and diaqueen 75-85 (yes it does exist ) in the transmission)
Thanks in advance for the insight
Tom
And thanks again riceball
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Pretty much what the title says. Any one ever have issues/ blown seals anything from having a bit too much fluid in the t-case or transmission? The car may have not been perfectly level when I did the fluid changes and I am a bit concerned...Or am I being paranoid . Not as if the car was at a 45* angle . Is the added extra fluid extra insurance? or a problem waiting to happen? ( I can hear it already..."the fill line/bolt hole level is there for a reason..." yes I used diaqueen gl-5 sae 90 for t-case and diaqueen 75-85 (yes it does exist ) in the transmission)
Thanks in advance for the insight
Tom
And thanks again riceball
Mods, if need be please delete thread in drivetrain section
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Thanks to all for the replies
To sum up,
1) better to over-fill a bit as they both have the ability to "leak" some out if too overfilled and
2) There is no pressure in the systems (unlike say oil pressure in the engine) therefore fluid being "forced" past seals and ultimately ruining the seals is not a concern.
True to both?
Thank you again, gentlemen.
Tom
To sum up,
1) better to over-fill a bit as they both have the ability to "leak" some out if too overfilled and
2) There is no pressure in the systems (unlike say oil pressure in the engine) therefore fluid being "forced" past seals and ultimately ruining the seals is not a concern.
True to both?
Thank you again, gentlemen.
Tom
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thanks trinydex, don't know about the over flow for the tranny either. The one on the t-case I do know about so any change in volume due to oil expansion is a non-issue in the t-case, due to there being a breather, ie. air free to come and go, so not a closed system, (ie a two liter soda bottle with a small opening at the top) so no build up in pressure. Just wondering about the tranny still, if it is the same or not (ie. versus a balloon that will swell to some degree and then pop (a seal) )
Thanks again
Thanks again
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as eddie at roadrace explained it to me there's just about no way you're gonna rupture a seal in the tranny, even if you fill up yer tranny at an angle to overfill it. what will happen is it'll ooze out of the axle on the driver side as that's what happened to me. but it's not biggie.
it'll also ooze for quite some time as a tiny bit of overfill translates into many days of drip drip on your parking floor
it'll also ooze for quite some time as a tiny bit of overfill translates into many days of drip drip on your parking floor