Fluid does spray gears but also it is pumped through the heat exchanger and then to rear motor bearing and returns via motor to diff casing from what I have seen when I stripped mine down.
If this gives you a clue..... I use an external electric pump which draws fluid via a filter from the SDU ...

I found a tear-down video showing the internals of the front sdu with the oil pump and pickup screen clearly labelled.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tesla+model+s+front+motor+disassembly&&view=detail&mid=D5FB3ACE190DE354B56CD5FB3ACE190DE354B56C&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dtesla ...

You could fit a pipe to the filler port on the SDU and route that to a convenient place so filling is easier ? That would also allow you to put fluid in to a point above the filler port if SDU orientation is not as per Tesla.


On the SDU, where does the oil go besides the gear case ? I thought ...

Hi there,

I am planning on using a Tesla Model S Front SDU in an EV conversion of a Subaru Legacy which will involve putting the F SDU in the back and making the car RWD instead of AWD. The reasons for this (instead of using a rear SDU) are space and orientation of the SDU within the original ...

Vertical is no-go because you have an oil pump integrated. So at-least you should make it dry-sump then. What i did in my project is i removed the inverter from the motor and made a blanking plate.

If you measure between the 2 beams how much do you have there?


Tilting the whole sdu forward to ...

This looks like a lot of effort. Can I ask why you needed to run the motor in reverse ? I suppose to get the motor in front of the drive axles, but doesn't the small drive unit stand almost upright rather than flat anyway ? Or are you using a rear sdu and it sits flat like the ldu ?

I am trying to ...