Why, just last week I had to visit Alpine to fix an oil leak showing in and around a top nose piece bolt. I was keeping the oil topped to the front plug bottom.
It turns out, oil is to be kept just below the level that will enter the nose piece. We held up a nose piece next to the gear cover (With fill plug), and estimated the level should be about 1/8" below the plug hole. We actually removed the gear cover and started fresh with new oil. My S/C is one of the first, but just installed, so I think it is still consistant for oil capacity. We found 130 ml (cc) fills to 1/8" below the hole.
We filled to the hole and extracted 10 ml. to hit the desired level.
Oil is added or removed by means of a syringe and a small soft plastic hose. No more oil leak- it was just over filling.
BTW, the oil turns gray after a few 100 mi. This is normal. Alpine believes it is Molydisulfide coming off of the coupling to the input shaft.
Roy
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