[V8] checking auto trans fluid level

[Ed Kellock]

So, IF the trans might have been overfilled at some point, and I just
drain what I can get out, will it equalize the qty so that I can only
add 4 quarts and have a good fluid level?

I pulled the dipstick last night while the car was not running and
parked on my slightly-less-than-level driveway.  There was no fluid on
the dipstick.  I'm assuming that since it was not running, that's not
a problem.  This was before I posted about how to properly check the
level.

Ed

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:06:21 -0400, Kneale Brownson
<knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> Car should be at full operating temperature=go drive the s**t out of it for
> a half hour or more.  Park on a known flat spot.  Check the fluid level.
> 
> If it hasn't been done, you probably ought to do the multiple gallon flush.
> That's drain out whatever you get, put in four quarts of fluid.  Drive
> some (I tried to make it about 100 miles between sessions), repeat the
> draining.  Drive some more and repeat again.  By now you have put in 12
> quarts of new fluid.  That's the tranny's capacity.
> 
> At 06:07 PM 8/23/2004 -0600, Ed Kellock wrote:
> >I googled and I wiki'd and I didn't find the info.  My "new" V8 has
> >the trans dipstick.  What is the proper procedure for checking the
> >fluid.  I do understand from my research that the trans fluid level is
> >very sensitive to temperature so I will procede cautiously.