[V8] trans fluid level check

Bastian Homburg b.homburg at web.de
Tue Nov 27 15:43:51 PST 2007


The difference between "min" and "max" on the trans. dipstick is 0.6 
liters - that's 20 ounces or a little more than half a quart for your 
Americans. So, when you're exactly in the middle between the two 
markings, you're a quarter quart low :)

regards,
Bastian

Ed Kellock wrote:
> If anyone knows off the top, many thanks, otherwise I'll google it...
>
> On a 1990 V8Q automatic with the tranny dipstick, what are the
> indications on the dipstick?
>
> The end of the dipstick has the small plastic bit with two nodes, one
> on each end of the plastic part and I think a line near each one.
>
> My level is exactly in the middle of the two.
>
> Does that indicate one half quart low?
> If not, what then?
>
> I drove for a good 20 minutes on both highway and around town stop and
> go with a couple of full throttle blasts, the last being about a 1/4
> mile of 4-5% grade, using Manual mode to hold it in 3rd.
>
> Thanks!
> Ed
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