She's thirsty!

[G Men 08]

Running in to a bit of a head scratcher. I replaced the transmission filter, and pan gasket on my 05 allroad. The car has been sitting for a few months now, likely a month with no transmission pan, so during that time some access oil dripped out. I also removed the oil cooler lines from the radiator while doing other maintenance, and emptied the radiator completely.

Following the DIY on Europa website, I pumped the initial 3 liters into the pan before I got any overflow. Started the car, ran through the gears etc, began pumping the rest of the fluid into the pan (car still running). The remaining 2.5 liters or so was pumped in to the transmission without any overflow. (trans temp got to about 32 Celsius)

Ran to the local indy shop and picked up 2 more liters, pumped roughly 1.5 of those in, and still no overflow?! Temps reached around 35* Celsius.

Am I doing something wrong here or?

I checked to make sure the pan was level with a 6" bullet level front to back, and side to side...

[Audibot]

I've heard a liter or more could be in the lines and transmission cooler before, so between that and the extra time you've let it seep out of the TC, it's no wonder you are pumping more in.

[G Men 08]

Looks like i'll just have to bite the bullet and buy more. Indy shop charging over $20 a liter for the Febi 14738. Doh!!

[a4kamila6]

20 a liter. Bastards

[G Men 08]

Long story short, I wound up grabbing 2 more liters. Poured the first on in the pump reservoir, started engine, shift through the gears, remove fill plug, less than 2 full pumps and it overflows. temp was around 35*. cycled through the gears a few more times, temp reached 39* checked again, still overflow. Heading back out now, temp is around 30*, shift through the gears again and see if I can get any more in.