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IML: Trans quick check



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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