Oil & Fuel BX23 Transmission fluid level check

[PA452]

Hello,

I recently bought a used BX23 with about 600 hours on it. The seller last had it serviced about 80 hours ago with a dealer at which time they replaced all fluids and filters. I found the transmission fluid was low, off the dipstick. I pumped new UDT into the transmission; it took about 2 quarts to get it to the top of the dipstick. I subsequently did some work with it for about 3-4 hours. Today the oil level was off the dipstick again.

I have some hydraulic fluid leaking from the backhoe controls, but even though the dipstick for the transmission seems really short and probably doesn't gauge a high volume of oil, it doesn't seem like there's any way it's leaking fast enough to account for that. Is it possible that when I got the oil level yesterday to the upper mark on the dipstick, it had some settling to do in the system and wasn't really topped off?

For now I'm just going to top it off again and see what happens.

Thanks

 

[Kanook]

My B2650 HST dip stick always shows dry on the 1st pull. When I re-insert it and pull again, the oil shows at the correct level...Quirk of the oil not showing correctly until the second pull... Don't know if the BX behaves the same however.

 

[PA452]

Nope, not the case here. I pulled and reinserted several times. It was dry each time.

 

[TGD]

There is no real settling of the fluid once the system and filter are filled and the stick will always show oil if the level is high enough. The fresh fluid can be hard to see on the stick, but if the stick is actually dry then your losing fluid from somewhere or your losing more than you think from the leak you mention.