IML: Trans quick check

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Once you have established the correct trans fluid level, hot, idling in neutral, after overnight, or a day or two, pull the dip-stick, note the level (over full) scribe a line at that level. Now you can check engine, and trans fluid before starting.Just another trick. Ya'll have a nice day, Dave.

 

> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx> 
>
> > I think someone else pointed this out, but just in case you missed it, 
> > remember that the way to check fluid level in any automatic transmission is 
> > to: 
> > 
> > 1. Start the engine and let it warm up a bit. A cold transmission always 
> > shows a bit less than a warm one, as fluid expands with temperature. 
> > 2. Shift the transmission to drive and make sure it engages in drive (wait 
> > for the front pump to build up pressure so you can hear the engine hunker 
> > down and pull a bit - this can take up to a minute or so, if the car has 
> > been sitting.) 
> > 3. Shift to all the other gears, and wait for it to engage (engine pulls a 
> > bit) 
> > 4. Now, shift back to park and check the dipstick after wiping it and 
> > r
> e-inserting it. (You wipe it first because there will be fluid all the way 
> > up the stick, showing an artificially high fluid level.) 
> > 
> > The reason for all of this is that when the car has not been running for a 
> > while, the dipstick will always show more fluid than is actually in the 
> > whole transmission because the fluid that is pumped into the converter when 
> > the car is driven has drained back into the pan. You can drive yourself 
> > nuts if you don't realize this. The time for the fluid to drain back and 
> > overfill the pan is unpredictable - it depends on the weather, the phase of 
> > the moon, and how your left earlobe when you check it. If you always follow 
> > the right procedure, you should get a consistent result. 
> > 
> > If you smelled burned fluid under the hood, chances are you spilled some on 
> > the exhaust pipe, but if the fluid is brown and burnt smelling, you are in 
> > for a tran
> smission rebuild soon - face it! 
> > 
> > These cars have a lock-up clutch in the torque converter that is supposed to 
> > lock up at about 44 MPH (it feels like a 4th gear). If that is burned up, 
> > the oil will be contaminated and burned smelling, and when you drop the pan, 
> > you will find a deposit of clutch material on the bottom of the pan. 
> > 
> > Dick Benjamin 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew Gill 
> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:23 PM 
> > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > Subject: IML: 81 trans burn smell 
> > 
> > Ok, 
> > 
> > After i put about half a quart of trans fluid in the car, the fluid 
> > level was OK, but i knew there was still a leak. I just drove the 
> > car, although i probably shouldn't have, unless it was straight to 
> > the mecha
> nic, but it was a short distance to a friends house, and i 
> > was curious as to how the car would react a day after putting more 
> > fluid in. Well, it must have all leaked out again because the car 
> > just didn't want to shift... Anyway, I checked the fluid while i was 
> > at his house to see where it was at, low and behold it looked to be 
> > even LOWER than the last time... 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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