A brief, but IMPORTANT, history of my car:
I bought it with a slight, but noticable, rear tranny output shaft seal leak.
How long was it doing that is anyone's guess.
From the amount of repairs I've had to do to this car, I'd say it's been EONS since the fluid was changed/level checked.
While my indy replaced the guibo, he replaced the output shaft seal.

Today, I did the fluid change in my A4S 310R.
Why today?
I just finished the BIG cooling system repair and saw the fluid not pretty upon disconnecting the tranny cooler lines....time for a change.

The Bentley says "3.2 quarts for fluid change".
Well, taking into consideration that mine has been leaking for an unknown period of time:
MAYBE MY CAR HAS BEEN LOW ALL THIS TIME??
Worthy of noting: I've not had any symptoms of low fluid.

1. I put in 3.2 quarts after changing the filter and cleaning the pans.
2. I did the level check once with the tranny warm to the touch from idling (forever, I might add) and added the remaining .8 quart....still not up to the hole.
3. I then took it for a drive (5 miles round trip) to make sure the fluid was 100% circulated. It performed EXCELLENT, I might add. Upon returning from that drive, it was definitely warmer, I checked the level and it took another 3/4 qt. to get it to slowly ooze from the fill hole.

I'm a bit baffled here, folks.
The change was a bit time-consuming but went VERY well overall.
4.75 quarts, though?????

If the tranny was 1.5-2 quarts low to start with, it WOULD take more than normal to re-fill.

Thanks for any input.
Sorry so long but I hope I covered everything.