w series gear box oil level

[Tim.duncan]

hey guys

just doing a service for the first time on my new car
looked up some specs on w series gear boxes, some said 2.5 ltr other said 3ltr

i was going to just fill it till it came out the fill hole on the side, iv already put 3 ltr in and no sign of it coming out yet. cant see any issue with just filling it up till it comes out the hole but thought i would ask for your opinion?
cheers

[Sam-Q]

silly question but is the car level?

[Tim.duncan]

yep

[takai]

My MA61 box took a touch over 2.7L

Just make sure you dont have a leak into the bellhousing. Seen that happen on a T50 where they kept adding oil and it just filled up the bellhousing until it poured out of the clutch fork hole.

[assassin10000]

2 different copies of the FSM on cars with W58's call for 2.4L

Andrew

[Tim.duncan]

is there going to be much difference with a w55?
might just leave it at 3ltr then

[maxhag]

W58's are 2.4L recomended, not sure with W55's, but wouldn't think it would be too much more than that....

[assassin10000]

W55-W59 take the same amount of fluid.

Nothing wrong with a little extra, 2.7L isn't going to hurt anything ;) .

Andrew

[macca1590]

or just make sure the car is level and fill till it comes out the fill hole