I need a favor from you 300SD types.

[koan]

That fluid is far too viscous even at 30F. Surprised the box is working as well as it is.

It needs to be changed.

Best would be a fluid change using something cheap for a few 1000 kms to rid the box of all the old fluid and then another change to better quality fluid.

koan

[JasonP]

Sounds like a plan. I would like to do it myself, so I still need to purchase the car jack and stands, and any necessary tools/parts to do it.

I like your idea of the 1000km flush. I always wondered about that - why when we change fluids, we don't do it twice. I rinse twice when I brush my teeth, so why would a car be any different? 

[koan]

If I didn't clean my teeth for a year I do it twice and rinse them twice, but I clean them regularly and only rinse them once, same with cars

koan

[JasonP]

Well, it's not like I'm British. 



D'oh!

[JasonP]

Success!

I finished siphoning out the extra transmission fluid in my car.



A total of US 32 fluid oz., or exactly 1 quart (0.946 L) came out, and now the dipstick measures just about 25% above the low line towards the high line.

The siphoning process did not really work well gravity-wise, so I just took a long length of clear plastic tubing, sucked it up to the end, then capped the end and pulled it out of the dipstick tube, and drained it in the bottle. I did this a total of three times to get the 12 oz. in the second bottle.

Is this the fluid capacity of the torque converter - 1 quart?