Re: [T3] ATF check

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@dataflake.org>]

<x-flowed>> This doesn't really make sense. To be able to check the ATF level you 
> must
> get it to a predictable level. It is true that it will be higher with 
> the
> engine off, but I suppose it is not predictable how much higher under 
> all
> circumstances, otherwise the books would specify checking the level 
> that
> way, as it is much simpler than checking it with the engine running 
> and the
> tranny hot (not warm,  but HOT, like after a ten mile drive, according 
> to
> something I read recently).

Right, it's supposed to be hot, not just warm. It's still the same way 
for new cars actually.

I remember one episode when I was a mechanic's apprentice and I was 
sent on the Autobahn with a (then new) Audi V8 that had transmission 
work done to get it hot enough for a reliable ATF level reading. It was 
a really nice drive :)  The most fascinating thing was how fast I was 
when I finally saw - out of the corner of my eye - the tach needle drop 
as it went into fourth...

jens

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