Update.
The first 3l auto fluid drained was black, really black. After a few thousand kms drained auto fluid still quite black but a tinge of redness.
As the performance of this AL4 (I believe) has improved, there will be a third (3rd) auto fluid change coming up.
By the way, I had great difficulty in replacing filler plug in both cases as I had only removed a section of the air intake.
There's a rubber hose, and the gear selector (irrespective of gear chosen - tried all) in the way to align plug correctly into gear box. The 3/8" drive socket was too big.
I made another tool so that a 1/4" drive socket can be used. The 8mm key steel had the corners filed in order to fit in the 8mm 1/4" drive socket.
Sorry, unable to down load photo.
The first 3l auto fluid drained was black, really black. After a few thousand kms drained auto fluid still quite black but a tinge of redness.
As the performance of this AL4 (I believe) has improved, there will be a third (3rd) auto fluid change coming up.
By the way, I had great difficulty in replacing filler plug in both cases as I had only removed a section of the air intake.
There's a rubber hose, and the gear selector (irrespective of gear chosen - tried all) in the way to align plug correctly into gear box. The 3/8" drive socket was too big.
I made another tool so that a 1/4" drive socket can be used. The 8mm key steel had the corners filed in order to fit in the 8mm 1/4" drive socket.
Sorry, unable to down load photo.