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my similar experience - worth reading
Posted by TimBrown (more from TimBrown) on Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:46:13
In Reply to: How often should I check my manual trans oil, Macy, Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:28:23
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saw an oil puddle, dealer showed me scrapes, i knew i had bottoimed outr a couple of times, visible leak at case seal, as your dealer said. remove tranny, split case, re-seal, $1100. I paid.
BUT the tranny has a side plug which is the equivalent of a dipstick, and a top plug. Fill thru the top until the oil runs out th side plug hole, then it's full. pretty primitive.
So fill the box (or have a shop fill it). Maybe $75, or do it yourself for more like $30.. Use special SAAB tranny oil. Park over a newspaper. If the leak is slow, live with it and watch it. Do that forever. I actually thought that with the box full, you could take a chopstick or other probe, put it into the top plug opening and calibrate it, then from time to time go back and see where you are.
If you are not willing to monitor the oil level and the box runs dry, you WILL ruin the tranny, cost $1000's (a lot).
It takes a lot of $75 fills to make up $1100. Maybe 3 years worth.
By the way, if the shop just opened the side plug and no oil came out, it could be 1/4" from full. If they opened the bottom and none came out, you are in grave danger. If the former, they are hustling for work.
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