Maintenance and Specifications
2.Whiletheengineidles,turnthesteeringwheelleftandrightseveral
times.
3.
4.
5.
Turntheengineoff.
Checkthefluidlevelinthereservoir.
ThefluidlevelshouldbebetweentheMINandMAXlines.Donotadd
fluidifthelevelisinthisrange.
6.
theleveluntilitreachesthecorrectoperatingrange.Besuretoputthe
capbackonthereservoir.
Ifthefluidislow,addfluidinsmallamounts,continuouslychecking
BRAKE FLUID
Thefluidlevelwilldropslowlyas
thebrakeswear,andwillrisewhen
thebrakecomponentsarereplaced.
Fluidlevelsbelowthe“MAX”line
thatdonottriggerthebrakesystem
warninglamparewithinthenormal
operatingrange,thereisnoneedto
addfluid.Ifthefluidlevelsare
outsideofthenormaloperating
range,theperformanceofyour
brakesystemcouldbe
compromised,seekservicefromyourdealerimmediately.
TRANSMISSION FLUID
Checking automatic transmission fluid
Theautomatictransmissiondoesnothaveatransmissionfluiddipstick.
Refertoyourscheduledmaintenanceinformationforscheduled
intervalsforfluidchecksandchanges.Yourtransmissiondoesnot
consumefluid.However,thefluidlevelshouldbecheckedifthe
transmissionisnotworkingproperly,(i.e.,ifthetransmissionslipsor
shiftsslowly)orifyounoticesomesignoffluidleakage.
Transmissionfluidshouldbecheckedand,ifrequired,fluid
shouldbeaddedbyaqualifiedtechnician.
Donotusesupplementaltransmissionfluidadditives,treatmentsor
cleaningagents.Theuseofthesematerialsmayaffecttransmission
operationandresultindamagetointernaltransmissioncomponents.
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2005
Explorer(exp)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USA(fus)
| Categories | Ford Explorer Manuals, Ford Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2005 |
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