Karpiel73
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- City, State
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '01 Explorer Sport
I'll keep this brief. I did a VB swap recently and added 5qts of tranny fluid, then kept adding fluid in 1/2qt increments until the level appeared good (all while at operating temp). In total I added 7qts. It began banging into 2nd while downshifting.
So I checked the fluid level after the Explorer sat for 24 hrs (per the owners manual) and it was WAY overfull! I removed 2qts and the level was barely overfull when cold. The harsh downshifts stopped.
Then I drove it 40 miles and checked it at 150*, the dipstick had ZERO fluid on it at operating temp!
Then I let it sit overnight and checked it when cold, IT WAS OVERFULL!!
So what the hell gives?!
So I checked the fluid level after the Explorer sat for 24 hrs (per the owners manual) and it was WAY overfull! I removed 2qts and the level was barely overfull when cold. The harsh downshifts stopped.
Then I drove it 40 miles and checked it at 150*, the dipstick had ZERO fluid on it at operating temp!
Then I let it sit overnight and checked it when cold, IT WAS OVERFULL!!
So what the hell gives?!