Suzuki Grand Vitara 1998, Service Manual

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YH4
GRAND
VITARA
1. Dipstick (G16 / J20)
2. Dipstick (H25)
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (4 A / T) 7B1-59
ON-VEHICLE SERVICE
MAINTENANCE SERVICE
FLUID LEVEL
LEVEL CHECK AT NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE
1) Stop vehicle and place it level.
2) Apply parking brake and place chocks against wheels.
3) With selector at P position, start engine.
4) Warm up engine till fluid temperature reaches normal operating
temperature (70 – 80
_
C / 158 – 176
_
F). As a guide to check fluid
temperature, warm up engine till engine coolant temperature
meter indicated around 1 unit above “C” point.
5) Keep engine idling and shift selector slowly to L and back to P
position.
6) With engine idling, pull out dipstick, wipe it off with a clean cloth
and put it back into place.
7) Pull out dipstick again and check fluid level indicated on it. Fluid
level should be between FULL HOT and LOW HOT. If it is below
LOW HOT, add an equivalent of DEXRON
r
-
III
up to FULL HOT.
Fluid specification
An equivalent of DEXRON
r
- III
NOTE:
D
DO NOT RACE ENGINE while checking fluid level, even af-
ter the engine start.
D
DO NOT OVERFILL. Overfilling can causes foaming and
loss of fluid through breather. Then slippage and trans-
mission failure can result.
D
Bringing the level from LOW HOT to FULL HOT requires
0.3 liters (0.64/0.53 US/lmp.pt).
D
If vehicle was driven under high load such as pulling a
trailer, fluid level should be checked about half an hour af-
ter it is stopped.