Gear oil smell after transmission fuid change.

[GatorDun!]

It's been a few hundred miles since I changed the fluid. If that were the case, it would have burned off by now. I'm not seeing smoke. It just smells like hot gear oil.

[pilot4fn]

The oil level is very important to be right. On 5-speed, the level should be 11mm below the fill plug lower edge.
If the oil is overfilled, it is fairly common that some transmission oil seeps thru the oil seal at the transmission input shaft to the clutch bellhousing. On the bellhousing is a lot of opportunities to collect the small amount of oil before it leaks down to be visible.