Mercedes-Benz 190D 2.2 1984, Owner'S Manual

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Fluid Level -
Autom atic Transm ission
At re g u la r in te rv a ls and p rio r to a
lo n g trip , ch e c k a u to m a tic tra n s m is ­
sion flu id level and e n g in e oil level.
C h e ck tra n s m is s io n flu id level w ith
th e e n g in e id lin g , p a rk in g brake en ­
gaged and s e le c to r lever in p o s itio n
“ P ". The ve h ic le m u st be parked on
level g ro u n d . P rio r to th e check, al­
lo w e n g in e to id le fo r a p p ro x. 1 to 2
m inutes.
M easure flu id level w ith th e d ip s tic k
c o m p le te ly in se rte d and th e lo c k in g
lever released (1).
E xtrem e cle a n lin e ss m u st be o b ­
served!
To w ip e th e d ip s tic k , use a clean,
lin tfre e clo th .
To fill th e tra n s m is s io n w ith flu id ,
o n ly p o u r it th ro u g h a fine-m esh
filte r in to th e d ip s tic k o p e n in g . Even
th e s lig h te s t im p u rity may cause
o p e ra tio n a l tro u b le s .
The flu id level in th e tra n s m is s io n is
d e p e n d e n t u pon its tem p e ra tu re .
The m a xim u m and m in im u m oil
level m arks on th e d ip s tic k are ap­
p lic a b le re fe re n ce s o n ly if the tra n s ­
m issio n flu id has reached its norm al
o p e ra tin g te m p e ra tu re o f 80° C/
176° F.
If tra n s m is s io n flu id c o o ls d o w n to
2 0 -3 0 ° C /6 8 -8 6 ° F, w h ic h is the
n o rm a l sh o p te m p e ra tu re range,
th e n th e m a xim u m flu id level w ill be
a p p ro x im a te ly 12 m m /0.5 in below
th e m in im u m m ark on th e d ip stick.
W e stress th is p o in t because a flu id
ch a n g e is n o rm a lly p e rfo rm e d w hen
th e tra n s m is s io n flu id has cooled
d o w n to sh o p te m p e ra tu re .
The flu id level m u st n o t exceed the
d ip s tic k m a xim u m m ark w ith the
flu id at o p e ra tin g te m p e ra tu re .
D rain o r s ip h o n o ff excess flu id , if
re q u ire d .
Then push d ip s tic k all th e way in
and s w in g lo c k in g lever d o w n w a rd s
(
2
).
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