Mercedes-Benz 300 TE 124 T 1988 Owner's Manual page 79

F lu id Level -
A u to m a tic T ra n s m is s io n
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 gine id lin g, p a rkin g bra ke
enga 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 pa rked
on level g ro u n d . P rio r to th e ch e c k,
a llow e n g in e to idle fo r a p p ro x.
m in utes.
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M easure 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 kin g
lever re lea sed ( ).
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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 . To fill th e tra n s ­
m ission 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 open
ing. Even th e s lig h te s t im p u rity m ay
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 up on its te m p e ra tu re . The
m axim um and m in im um flu id level
m a rks on th e d ip s tic k are ap plicab le
re fe re n c e s on ly if th e tra n s m iss io n
flu id has rea che d its norm al op e ra tin g
te m p e ra tu re o f 80° C (1 7 6 ° F).
Im p o rtan t!
If th e tra n s m is s io n flu id c o o ls do w n to
20 - 30° C -
to
( 6 8 8 6
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no rm al sh o p te m p e ra tu re range, then
th e m axim um 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
the m in im um m ark on th e d ip s tic k .
W e s tre s s th is p o in t be cau se a fluid
ch a n g e is n o rm ally p e rfo rm e d w hen
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 st n o t e xce e d the
d ip s tic k m axim um m ark w ith th e fluid
at o p e ra tin g te m p e ra tu re . Drain o r
sip h o n o ff e xc e s s flu id , if req uire 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 lever d o w n w a rd s (
° F ), w h ich is the
I
).
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