what could happen if the transmition has too much fluid.......................?

Question

the trans on my wife’s 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ceira was slipping. I checked the tans level while the car was idling and engine hot before I put the conditioner in the fluid, the level was just at top line indicating completely full. but I put the quart of conditioner in anyways.

do I need to drain some of the fluid........ but I don’t know how, I never drained trans fluid before.

Answer 1

drain some off it will wreck the tyranny , find the drain plug and drain some off into a container and be sure of the level is right

Answer 2

If the trans was slipping, you need a fluid and filter change. Buy one of those manuals at the car parts store and it should tell you how to do it. Count the number of bolts around the edge of the pan and they'll give you the right gasket (there are two kinds). There is no drain plug, it all comes spilling out so you'll need the biggest catch pan you can find. It's messy, but not difficult. The trans slips because the fluid loses it's proper lubrication/friction quality in time.

Answer 3

On very old cars ( from the 1970's and earlier ), overfilling could cause a very BIG problem. Modern transmissions won't be bothered, normally. If it's only a quart, it will blow the excess out eventually, or use it up. You might be wise to call Oldsmobile or GM to see if it could cause a problem, but they'll probably tell you it's ok. There's a plug on the bottom of the transmission pan, sometimes. Many GM cars don't have one, and you'd need to drop the pan to drain it ( BAD design, but then again, a leaky plug is bad, too ). Another way is to go to the parts store, get a $7 fluid pump ( gas ) to siphon gasoline, and run the long tubing down your dipstick tube and suck out some trans fluid that way. They give you about 6 feet of tubing, so that will be enough. Either way, should be ok.

Answer 4

yes you should drain the hole tranny and change the filter to go to the parts store and get a filter and a pan gasket for your car take the vin # to. remember to pick up tranny fluid to. if their is to much fluid you will blow out a tranny seal. the tranny fluid should be changed every 30 to 50 thousand miles and that is why it is slipping. make sure you match the gasket to the pan before you remove the pan to make sure that it is the write one. also check the fluid for metal flakes, you can do this by poring some threw a coffee filter. remember not to over titan the screws when you put the pan back on, they only take about ten pounds each to titan it is easy to snap them off.

Answer 5

to much fluid can harm your transmission. you should drain some out. a transmission shop can do it for you. they have these nifty pumps that remove it right from the dipstick tube.

better yet. if it is slipping you should service the transmission. which in tails replacing the filter and fluid.

I'm not going to lie either. if you've never done it before it can be very messy.

Answer 6

there should be a transmission drain plug on the pan and you should be able to drain some of the fluid out that way if there is no plug you have to take the pan all the way off. If you have to much fluid in your tranny it will blow the weakest seal (gasket) and then you have more problems than you started with........

Answer 7

Stick a small diameter hose down the transmission fill tube and suck out some fluid with a turkey baster or battery suction bulb--most parts stores carry it. Just make sure the amount you suck out is close to a quart and recheck level..

Answer 8

better drain out some of it.it can cause foaming and cause it to slip.if you dont have a drain plug in it(and most of them dont)take off 1 of the tranny lines off the radiator and stick the line down in a quart jar and crank the engine,until you think its has enough drained,then put the line back on,thats better then taking the pan loose.

Answer 9

you will have to take it buy a shop and have them suck some out if you don't want to loose it all from the pan, and lucas is the best additives out there for any cars.