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Originally Posted by Dackelone
The manual trans hold just under 2 liters of fluid. I always remove the fill plug FIRST, then the drain plug at the bottom. Its no fun finding out your fill plug is stuck/seized, after draining out all your trans fluid.
I always let the drain plug out and wait until it stops dripping old fluid out. Then I fill the trans until fluid spills out the side/fill plug. It is important to make sure your car is LEVEL! Sounds like maybe your's wasn't. You can use a bubble carpenter's level placed on an open door sill to check how "level" your car is - next time around.
The gearbox has a breather on the top of it. So it's not pressurized.
Dack
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Very helpful, thank you Dack!
Definitely opened the fill first, like you said, don't want to end up with an empty gearbox and no way to fill
Must have been the slight incline in the car. Will have a second set of jackstands this weekend, hopefully it'll warm up enough and I can get under there with a syringe and top it off with a more watchful eye.
Good to know about the breather as well. Again, very helpful, thanks for the tips.