Leaking tranny fluid

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Set2sea

After running my engine on the hard (after a long winters nap) I found a fairly good amount of tranny fluid on my white apsorption pad under the tranny. After the panic that I have to pull my engine and take off the tranny, I decided to make sure I had the fluid down to the right level as I over fill in the off season. I found that I was pretty far over filled still. After I got fluid down to propper level (I know to just bring threads so they just mate, not screwed in), I ran the engine again for about 20 minutes an only found a slight drip of pinkish fluid, certainly not worthy of delaying the season and quite a few $$ in pulling the engine and tranny.
I am wondering if anybody has seen this leaking from over fill?
Paul Barrett
S/V BuddyB
Salem, ma

KWKloeber

 Absolutely.
The dipstick is a hollow tube vent that exits at a hole in the side of the hex head.

I've previously posted what I use when I change tranny fluid to ensure it's not over filled, or (when I used to winter on the hard) and filled the tranny full after changing fluid in the fall, I used in the spring to suck it down to the proper level.   You'll see it if you do a search from the main page search box.

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Ron Hill

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Paul : Now that you have the fluid to the correct level here's what I do:

I'd take mild detergent and wash the transmission (W/soft brush) a few times to make sure that all the oil is off the outside case.
Then run the engine (in gear) for a few hours and determine that oil is not coming out of the dip stick vent hole or the shifter lip seal.

You're probably OK and learned - NOT to over fill the transmission!!

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