First, you're suppose to check it in Park, not neutral. Second, if the fluid
is touching the lower mark on the dipstick, it needs two pints, not a full
quart. If you don't get rid of the excess, the tranny will, and there's a
possibility that it might damage a seal or a gasket. What I've done is
loosen the dipstick tube where it attaches to the tranny, and drain a little
bit of fluid. You can always add more, but in small quantities. Good luck.

Hector
1990 Carat 'Ursula'

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Danny C <bruiserbabie@yahoo.com> wrote:

> So I have owned several vanagons over the years but this is the first one
> with an automatic transmishion. And it is a westy. Great running van. I have
> owned it for over a year now and the tranny has never givin me any trouble.
> In fact this may sound real bad but I don�t think I have ever checked the
> tranny fluid level the whole time I have owned it tell about one week ago.
> Its just slipped my mind and never saw any leaks nor has it ever been any
> problem. Well I did just have the 1.9 engine rebuilt two weeks ago and when
> I was driving it home the other day I thought I would check the tranny
> level, I don�t know why all of assuden I felt compelled to check it.
> Remember It has never leaked a day since I have owned it and I have put
> 20,000 miles on it. So I pulled the dip stick and saw nothing on the
> stick,(yes I was on level ground, put it into 1st then neutral) I was at
> Nappa so I went in a bought 2 quarts of ATF. I added one it came up so I
> drove it
>  home. A few days latter I checked it again, It looked a little low so I
> added another quart. I think I may have put too much in because now it seems
> to be leaking like a siv. I went on a 100-mile trip and the whole back of
> the van was covered in little ATF specks. What will happen if you over fill
> the tranny with ATF????? Will it leak??? Thanks
>
>
> Danny C.
> '84 Westy (Vanny)
> '84 Deluxe (Blue Van)
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