Attesa Fluid Level

[rtune]

With the ignition off I'm looking at the fluid bottle in the back and this is what I see.

Is this normal? notice that it is pretty far above "max" and also it appears to be two

colors of fluid. This is with ignition off.

The manual says "turn ignition ON make sure that oil is within max-min lines on the

tank.. if the ignition switch has been turned off for a long period of time oil in the

attesa e-ts pro actuator might return to the reservoir tank, causing oil to exceed

max line. Be sure to turn ignition switch on before checking oil level. Always use genuine

nissan power steering fluid .." (etc)

I've got an attesa ecu error of some kind, so perhaps the oil is returning to the reservoir

and not being pumped into the system, but why is it two colors like that?

Edited November 25, 2008 by r34nur

[shotpointblank]

sorry to bump up this post... but i have the same issue with my stagea series 2 rs4s... this normal??

[czeno]

I had attesa 4wd light\limp home issues with my Stagea, I found that checking the level after start up got the real picture of where it's at. Seems to bleed fluid back to bottle when parked up - maybe why so much headroom above level marks. I changed the fluid by loosening off bleed valve at back of trans & draining about 100mls at a time then top up the tank, with the ign turned on pump did not start but found that starting up motor then after several seconds the attesa pump would cycle up to pressure and draw the fresh fluid in. Rinse & repeat until the fluid turned red where I was draining it.

Probably better ways of doing it but it worked & all is at peace with the 4wd light.

With hindsight I didn't have to change fluid, just learnt to check level after startup.

Dunno 'bout the tequila sunrise effect in the pic but the level looks about where mine is when parked up for several hours.

Caveat: I'm new to this stuff & learning my way around my car.