Rambler
Forum Member
- Joined
- May 13, 2017
- Messages
- 47
- Location
- Castlemaine, VIC
- Car Year
- 2006
- Car Model
- Forester X
- Transmission
- 5MT
Firstly my car is an '06 SG Forester with a 5MT.
Today I decided to change the transmission oil, engine oil and do an upper engine clean as my car is approaching 200,000kms.
I did the transmission oil first - T70 torx, let all the old oil drain, cleaned the drain plug, fitted a new washer and torqued to 44nm, before refilling with 80W-90 Castrol fully synthetic gear oil. Filled to roughly 3.5L on the bottle, checked dipstick and added a little more - I'd say all up maybe 3.75L went in. Got in the car and the gears felt smooth.
Anyway I went on to do the upper engine clean - About 15 minutes in BAM the car stalls horribly at around 3,000 revs. Trying to re start it just makes the car lurch forward - it's still in neutral.
If I hold the clutch in I can start it, but if I put it in first and come off the clutch slowly I can see the revs dip but the car does not want to move forward. My thought is that I have overfilled my transmission, I'm waiting for it to cool now so that I can try to remove about 250ml.
Have I broken my transmission?
Today I decided to change the transmission oil, engine oil and do an upper engine clean as my car is approaching 200,000kms.
I did the transmission oil first - T70 torx, let all the old oil drain, cleaned the drain plug, fitted a new washer and torqued to 44nm, before refilling with 80W-90 Castrol fully synthetic gear oil. Filled to roughly 3.5L on the bottle, checked dipstick and added a little more - I'd say all up maybe 3.75L went in. Got in the car and the gears felt smooth.
Anyway I went on to do the upper engine clean - About 15 minutes in BAM the car stalls horribly at around 3,000 revs. Trying to re start it just makes the car lurch forward - it's still in neutral.
If I hold the clutch in I can start it, but if I put it in first and come off the clutch slowly I can see the revs dip but the car does not want to move forward. My thought is that I have overfilled my transmission, I'm waiting for it to cool now so that I can try to remove about 250ml.
Have I broken my transmission?