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Hi peeps....help help help.....I have a 2007 Subaru legacy 2.0R automatic. One of the oil cooler pipes cracked and leaked oil. I replaced the pipe and topped up oil. But car is not changing out of 1st....goes through all gears when idling. As soon as you drive ...the at oil temp light flashes and ecu light and cruise light flashes.....

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Hi peeps....help help help.....I have a 2007 Subaru legacy 2.0R automatic. One of the oil cooler pipes cracked and leaked oil. I replaced the pipe and topped up oil. But car is not changing out of 1st....goes through all gears when idling. As soon as you drive ...the at oil temp light flashes and ecu light and cruise light flashes.....

 

I hate to ask- are you sure you added fluid to the transmission and not the front differential?

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In South Africa when standing in front of the car the dipstick for the gbox is on the left at the back.

 

I doubt it. (unless we are no longer dealing with an automatic trans equipped car)

 

 

look again,  one stick on each side

 

pull both sticks out - the shortest is the front differential, the longest is for ATF.

 

(engine oil would be some length in-between)

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I doubt it. (unless we are no longer dealing with an automatic trans equipped car)

 

look again, one stick on each side

 

pull both sticks out - the shortest is the front differential, the longest is for ATF.

 

(engine oil would be some length in-between)

The long dipstick is on the left and the short on the right...

 

That is if you are standing in front of the car.

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The long dipstick is on the left and the short on the right...

 

That is if you are standing in front of the car.

 

That doesn't make sense.

 

Let's forget about standing in front, that's the wrong way to describe sides of a car.  Lets go with where things are SITTING in the car looking forward.

 

South Africa, so I am guessing a Right hand drive car.  The differential dipstick (for gear oil) is the short one, on the right side of trans (same as the steering wheel)  The Automatic transmission fluid dipstick is the long one on the left side of the car.

 

If you filled the dipstick on your drivers side (right side of car) you filled the differential, not the Automatic trans.

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Presumably you mean the rubber ATF fluid hoses? What cracked and what work was done?

 

What symptoms did you have leading up to the failure?

 

Check engine lights?

Trans codes?

 

Is the transmission pan dented any?

no dents on pan

Yes rubber hoses going to cooler

Symptoms not sure I wasn't driving....wife was.. her description was was the car is revving but not moving....

 

P0700

P0731

P0733

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Will do that now but immediately after switching off oils was right

 

Transmission fluid MUST be checked with the car running, preferably with it fully warmed up, and parked on flat, level surface.

 

Do NOT check it with the car shut off - it will not give you an accurate reading.

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