Filling - Levels - Renault Espace Technical Note

FILLING
Filling is via hole (D).
Use a funnel with 15/100 filter to prevent the in-
troduction of impurities.
FILLING PROCEDURE
1 - Place the vehicle on level ground.
2 - Fill the automatic transmission with 3.5 litres
of new oil.
3 - Run the engine at idle.
4 - Connect the XR25, enter:
D 1 4
5 - When a temperature of 60°C ± 1°C is rea-
ched, open the top-up plug.
6 - Position a receptacle to recover at least 0.1 li-
tres of excess oil and wait until the oil flows
drop by drop.
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then
7 - Close the top-up plug.
PROCEDURE FOR CHECKING THE LEVEL OTHER
THAN DURING FILLING OPERATIONS
It is ESSENTIAL to check the level in accordance
with the procedure described below;
1 - Place the vehicle on level ground.
2 - Fill the automatic transmission with 0.5 litres
of new oil.
3 - Run the engine at idle. Carry out operations
4, 5 and 6 described above.
If the oil does not flow or if the quantity which
can be added is less than 0.1 litres. stop the en-
gine, add 0.5 litres, allow the transmission to cool
to 50°C then repeat operations 3-4-5-6.
IMPORTANT: In the case of an oil change, the
electronic oil age counter (inside the computer)
must be reset to zero. Enter the date of draining
using command G74*.
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