NV5600 Oil level

[Alexio Auditore]

I've stuck with the red line for a while. Had the truck 7 years, it's worked fine for shifting before. I understand the shifting becomes more difficult in the cold, that hasnt changed. I'm just wanting to make sure my oil level is ok, because it seems different than it should. It is having a hard time going to 4th, and when I down shift to 2nd, it is now a bear to get into gear. I just want to know how many quarts are at the plug and the top pto bolt on level ground. I may just dump the 6 quarts I originally bought all into it, because I find it hard to believe it had a full quart in it unless the mechanic just did a more crappy job than I thought and didnt drain it all out.

260k miles thus far on the transmission, no failures yet. I'd only do the specific red line, amzoil, or the penz. That it calls for.

[Mopar1973Man]

Dig deeper my friend you'll find that it is close to GL-4 but not making the grade because it just too thin.

[AH64ID]

1 minute ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Dig deeper my friend you'll find that it is close to GL-4 but not making the grade because it just too thin.

 

Close only works in horseshoes and hand grenades... It's not uncommon for fluid specs to be close, but not the same.. hence different specs. GL-4 fluids don't meet syncromesh, and syncromesh doesn't meet GL-4, it's not rocket science.. only different specs. The same company makes both transmissions, as well as many others, and they are the ones that call for different specs... is that just for fun? 

 

Not to mention that the GL-4 specification does not have a designated weight associated with it. There are many different weight GL-4's, kinda like CK oil. The weight is published with the oil/lube because the designation of GL-4 does not denote the weight, unlike syncromesh. 

 

This another one of those solutions to a problem that doesn't exist. 

 

Syncromesh is not a thin fluid, certainly not thin enough to cause a bunch of concern . This is not a case of the vehicle manufacturer ignoring the transmission manufacturers specifications, unlike the G56. 

 

The dealership putting ATF in the NV's is also not a valid argument, warranty is LONG gone and published fluid specs are still GL-4 and Syncromesh. Besides who takes a 14+ year old vehicle to the dealership anyhow 

[Dieselfuture]

1 hour ago, Alexio Auditore said:

I may just dump the 6 quarts I originally bought all into it,

You'll be just fine, if you take shifter off with fluid to bottom of fill hole, you can barely see it from the top. If you dump one more quart in you may be raising level by 1/8 to 1/4" it's a big tranny one qt over is fine in many opinions, but we all know opinions are like belly buttons everybody has one.  Unless it's a tranny of course. 

1 hour ago, Alexio Auditore said:

unless the mechanic just did a more crappy job than I thought and didnt drain it all out.

Unless he didn't change it at all, how do you know

[Alexio Auditore]

2 hours ago, Dieselfuture said:

Unless he didn't change it at all, how do you know

When he took the plug out to show me he put enough fluid, it was clean. 

That's why I was kinda curious how much oil would go in these transmissions from the fill plug on level ground. Then I'll know exactly how much he put in. 

2 hours ago, Dieselfuture said:

but we all know opinions are like belly buttons everybody has one.  Unless it's a tranny of course. 

Lol I had to re-read that to get where you were coming from.