Table of Contents
Advertisement
C hecking Fuels
Fluid Level —
A u to m atic Transm ission
1 ^ ^
A t reg ular intervals, c h e c k the fluid
level o f the a u to m a tic tra n s m iss io n
B
to g e th e r w ith the e n gine oil level p rio r
to every long trip.
k
74
C o o la n ts
Lubricants etc.
C h e c k tra n s m is s io n flu id level w ith
th e en gine idling, pa rkin g brake
enga ge d and s e le c to r lever in p o s i
tio n " P " . The veh icle m u s t be pa rked
on level g ro u n d . P rio r to th e che ck,
allow e n gine to idle fo r a p p ro x .
2
m in utes.
M easure oil level w ith the 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
le ver released (
P ainstaking c le a n lin e ss m u s t be o b
se rv e d !
To w ipe th e d ip s tic k , use a clean,
lin tfre e c lo th .
T o fill th e tra n s m is s io n w ith fluid, only
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 en ing . Even th e s lig h t
e s t im p u rity m ay cause op e ra tio n a l
tro u b le s .
The oil level in th e tra n s m is s io n is
d e p e n d e n t u p on th e oil te m p e ra tu re .
The m axim um and m in im um oil level
m arks on th e d ip s tic k are ap plicab le
re fe re n c e s only if th e tra n s m is s 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.
1
to
If, how ever, the tra n s m is s io n flu id
c o o ls do w n to 2 0 - 3 0 ° C /
w h ic h is the norm al s h o p te m p e ra tu re
range, the n the m axim um oil level will
1
).
be a p p ro xim a te ly 5 m m /0 .2 in be lo w
th e m inim 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 an oil
c ha ng e is norm ally p e rfo rm e d when
the tra n s m is s io n oil has c o o le d dow n
to s h o p tem p e ra tu re .
The flu id level m ust n o t e xce e d the
d ip s tic k m axim um m ark w ith the fluid
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 fluid, if re q uire d.
T hen push d ip s tic k all th e w ay in and
s w in g lo c k in g lever d o w n w a rd s (
6 8
-
860
F,
2
).
Advertisement
Table of Contents
