Just did 2nd transmission oil change, and found the new fill port (in the pan) problematic.
For starters its a rare hex size that i couldnt find in supercheap, i think its like 17mm but not 100%, i found one of my 3 jaw pullers center bolt head fitted so used that.
Secondly I couldnt seem to use it to get a decent amount of oil back in. I got about 1.5 litres back in before it started to overflow, i think this is not that bad, so then i started the engine to get pump primed and pumping and the rest in.
At this point i should have been about to put in about another 3.5 liters but more started flowing out than before the engine was started ! like heaps more. so i stopped the engine and put that fill port plug back in.
Stumped and knowing i had not put anywhere near as much in as needed, i went back to using the original side fill port.
This went fine. and got the rest in.
What I think might have been happening is the fluid that was exiting the internals and falling down to the pan was splashing and falling out the whole, there is a white plastic hood that i figure is meant to stop it falling right out, but maybe this has become dislodged as there's nothing really holding in place (i put my finger up to try and feel, should have tried looking with torch though).
On another note, in regards, to fill temp, I found that with the relatively significantly large portion of the oil that must be put in while the engine is running, likely by the time you get it all in the tranny/oil temp will be above the 30-40 deg measure temp, particularly if the car was worm to begin with.
So i leave the car overnight to cool down, and get another .5L in when its at about 35 deg compared with 50 deg.
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