Transmission with an oil supply between transmission areas, and method for operating the transmission

A method for operating a transmission, the method comprising:

• providing the transmission including a housing, a differential unit arranged in a receiving area of the housing, an oil collecting chamber arranged on a lower face of the housing, when viewed with respect to a planned installation position in a gravitational field, and an intermediate wall that separates the oil collecting chamber from the receiving area, with the oil collecting chamber being directly connected to the receiving area by a connecting channel in the intermediate wall;
• and
• maintaining an oil level built up in the oil collecting chamber above the connecting channel during rotating of the differential unit.