Fluid Level - Autom Atic Transm Ission - Mercedes-Benz 190D 2.2 1984 Owner's Manual

Fluid Level -
Autom atic Transm ission
At re g u la r in te rva ls and p rio r to a
long trip , ch e ck a u to m a tic tra n sm is­
sion flu id level and e ngine oil level.
C heck tra n s m iss io n flu id level w ith
th e e n g ine id lin g , p a rk in g brake en­
gaged and s e le c to r lever in p o sitio n
" P ". The ve h icle m ust be parked on
level g ro u n d . P rio r to the check, al­
lo w e n g in e to idle fo r approx. 1 to 2
m inutes.
M easure flu id level w ith the d ip s tic k
co m p le te ly inserted and the lo ckin g
lever released (1).
E xtrem e cle a nlin e ss m ust be o b ­
served!
To w ip e the d ip s tic k , use a clean,
lin tfre e clo th .
To fill th e tra n sm iss 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 the d ip s tic k op e n in g . Even
the 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 the tran sm ission is
d epe nden t upon its tem perature.
The m axim u m and m in im u m oil
level m arks on the d ip s tic k are ap­
p lica b le references only if the tra n s­
m ission 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 sm issio n flu id cools dow n to
2 0 -3 0 ° C /6 8 -8 6 ° F, w h ich is the
norm al shop te m pe ra ture range,
then th e m a xim um flu id level w ill be
a p p ro x im a te ly 12 mm /0.5 in below
th e m in im u m m ark on th e d ipstick.
W e stress th is p o in t because a flu id
change is n o rm a lly pe rfo rm e d w hen
th e tra n sm iss io n flu id has cooled
dow n to shop tem perature.
The flu id level m ust n o t exceed the
d ip s tic k m a xim um m ark w ith the
flu id at o p e ra tin g tem pe ratu re .
D rain or sip h o n o ff excess flu id , if
required.
Then push d ip s tic k all the way in
and sw ing lo c k in g lever dow nw ards
2
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