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Fluid Level -
A u to m a tic Transm ission
C h e c k th e flu id level in th e a u to m a tic
tra n s m is s io n re g u la rly and p rio r to an
e x te n d e d trip .
C h e c k 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 bra ke
e n ga ge d and s e le c to r le ver in p o s i­
tio n “ P ” . The v e h ic le m u s t be p a rked
on level g ro u n d . P rio r to th e ch e c k ,
allow e n g in e to idle fo r a p p ro x . 1 to
2 m in u te s.
M ea sure flu id level w ith th e d ip s tic k
c o m p le te ly in s e rte d and th e lo c k in g
lever re le a se d (1).
E xtre m e c le a n lin e s s m u s t be
o b s e rv e d ! To w ip e th e d ip s tic k , use a
clean, lin t-fre e c lo th . T o fill th e tra n s ­
m is s io n w ith flu id , p o u r it th ro u g h a
fin e -m e s h filte r in to th e d ip s tic k o p e n ­
ing. Even th e s lig h te s t im p u rity may
cau se 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 p o n its te m p e ra tu re . The
m axim um and m in im um flu id level
m a rk s on th e d ip s tic k are a p p lic a b le
re fe re n c e s o n ly if th e tra n s m is s io n
flu id has re a c h e d its no rm al o p e ra tin g
te m p e ra tu re o f 80 ° C (176 °F ).
Im p o rtan t!
If th e 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
no rm al s h o p te m p e ra tu re range, the n
th e m a xim u m flu id level w ill be
a p p ro x im a te ly 10 m m (0.4 in) b e lo w
th e m in im u m m ark on th e d ip s tic k .
W e s tre s s th is p o in t be ca u se a flu id
ch a n g e is no rm a lly p e rfo rm e d w h en
th e tra n s m is s io n flu id has c o o le d
d o w n to s h o p te m p e ra tu re .
The flu id level m u s t n o t e x c e e d the
d ip s tic k m axim um m ark w ith th e flu id
at o p e ra tin g te m p e ra tu re . Drain o r
s ip h o n o ff e x c e s s flu id , if re q u ire d .
Then p u s h d ip s tic k all th e w ay in and
sw in g lo c k in g le ver d o w n w a rd s (2).
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