ahdoman
08/02/2014, 03:03 PM
I've read all of the threads I could on how to check trans fluid so I'm pretty sure I'm doing this right.
1) Car is on level ground
2) Start car and with foot on brake run through all the gears and back to neutral.
3) Car is idling in neutral when I climb under to remove the fill plug.
3) Then I remove the fill plug (not the drainplug ) and about a cup of fluid came out then fluid continues to "weap" and drip as the engine continues to idle. Does that mean I'm now at the right level? Was the trans over filled?
I've been chasing down a trans fluid leak and there's been a decent puddle on the garage floor (about 3" in diameter) after I drive it. (It's dripping from puddling in the cross member so I know there's more in there as well). It just seems like it should have lost a lot more fluid over the past couple of weeks and I expected it to be low. I didn't expect anything to come out when I opened the fill plug.
Any body have any ideas?
1) Car is on level ground
2) Start car and with foot on brake run through all the gears and back to neutral.
3) Car is idling in neutral when I climb under to remove the fill plug.
3) Then I remove the fill plug (not the drainplug ) and about a cup of fluid came out then fluid continues to "weap" and drip as the engine continues to idle. Does that mean I'm now at the right level? Was the trans over filled?
I've been chasing down a trans fluid leak and there's been a decent puddle on the garage floor (about 3" in diameter) after I drive it. (It's dripping from puddling in the cross member so I know there's more in there as well). It just seems like it should have lost a lot more fluid over the past couple of weeks and I expected it to be low. I didn't expect anything to come out when I opened the fill plug.
Any body have any ideas?