Chevrolet 1993 Corvette Owner's Manual page 259

Service
& Appearance
Care
Automatic Transmission Fluid
(C.ONT.)
To Check Trafisinission Fluid Cold:.
A cold check is made after the-vehicle
has been sitting for eight hours-or miore
with. the engine offand is used only as :a
feference. Let the,engine run at idle for
five minutes if &utside temper&n%:_s are
50QF
(10%) or-mare.
If it's colder than
5QoF [lUaC),
you
may
have-to
idle the
engine longgr; A hat check
must
follou7
wheaffuid.
is added
dw"lqg
a cold.check.
To Check the Fluid Hot or Cold
Park your vehicle- on: a- level place.
Place the ;shift lever in P (Park) with
With your foot on the brake pedal,
the
.parkingbrake applied.
mave the shift lever through each
gear
range, pausing for about three
seconds
in
each
range.
Then, p-asition
the-s-hift'lever in P (Park).
minutes ,or more;
Let the engine r d .at idle for three
Then, Without Shutting
Off the
Engine, Follow- These Steps:
1.
Pull out the dipstick and wipe it with
a clean rag or paper towel.
2.
Push it back in all the. way, wait three
seconds and then pull;
h
back out
again.
3 . Check b.& stdes af the dipstick, and
read the loweg. limd. The h i d h e 1
must be in the COLD area for
a
cold
checkor in th-e HOT or er0s.s-
hatched area for a hat checl<.
4 . If the fluid level is whe$e it should. be,
push the dipstick b:ack in all the
way.