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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ag1355" data-source="post: 37695" data-attributes="member: 288"><p>Thank you for your replies.  My gearbox does have a dipstick and the level is beyond the maximum notch.  I have notified my mechanic of this fact but he says that its not possible to overfill as there is an overflow pipe.  I dont quite agree because the dipstick shows that its overfilled.  There is also a very slight burnt smell on the oil.  I have checked the oil previously but did not note this burnt smell, it must have only happened recently.  But 10k km is relatively a short time for the oil and filter to degrade, thats why I worry if the problem could be beyond the oil quality.  I used a dexron 3 compliant fluid.Or does it have something to do with the overfilling of the gearbox.  Probably some of you might be able to advise me.  According to my service manual the oil required for the gearbox is approximately 3 litres without draining the torque converter.  If the converter is drained then 7.5 litres is required.  I got this info from the internet.  Most mechanics that I spoke to said that the gearbox needs at least 7 litres of oil.  I suppose each of them drains the converter as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>