japa_VTEC
29-07-2011, 06:22 PM
Hey guys,
I decided to change my engine oil and transmission fluid today and it all went horribly wrong. I've changed engine oil a number of times so I'm not new to this sort of stuff.
So I did all the same things; drain old oil, change filter (smeared some new oil on the rubber lip) and hand tightened it, put the plug back on with a new washer and filled her up with the new stuff.
Turn on my car and all of a sudden I get a huge leak coming from the bottom of my car. I instantly turned off my car and I pushed my car out of my garage so I could clean up the mess. It's dark now and I'm waiting to check out what happened tomorrow morning, but what the heck do you think it was leaking from? I'm thinking somehow it leaked from the oil filter (even though I hand tightened it)?
Just a side question, how much transmission fluid should my 99 EK1 be taking? I got up to 1.5L and it wouldn't take anymore (starting dripping out the filler hole), does that sound right? I thought it was around 2.7L
Thanks guys
I decided to change my engine oil and transmission fluid today and it all went horribly wrong. I've changed engine oil a number of times so I'm not new to this sort of stuff.
So I did all the same things; drain old oil, change filter (smeared some new oil on the rubber lip) and hand tightened it, put the plug back on with a new washer and filled her up with the new stuff.
Turn on my car and all of a sudden I get a huge leak coming from the bottom of my car. I instantly turned off my car and I pushed my car out of my garage so I could clean up the mess. It's dark now and I'm waiting to check out what happened tomorrow morning, but what the heck do you think it was leaking from? I'm thinking somehow it leaked from the oil filter (even though I hand tightened it)?
Just a side question, how much transmission fluid should my 99 EK1 be taking? I got up to 1.5L and it wouldn't take anymore (starting dripping out the filler hole), does that sound right? I thought it was around 2.7L
Thanks guys