MaintenanceandCare
OwnerMaintenance
5.
Pullitoutagain.
Theproperfluidlevelismarkedonthe
dipstickasfollows.
AutomaticTransaxleFluid
(ATF)
qInspectingAutomaticTransaxle
FluidLevel
Full
Theautomatictransaxlefluidlevelshould
beinspectedregularly.Measureitas
describedbelow.
A
Low
Full
B
Low
Thevolumeoffluidchangeswith
temperature.Fluidmustbecheckedwhile
idlingtheenginewithoutdrivingat
normaloperatingtemperature.
CAUTION
FluidhotscaleA
ØLowfluidlevelcausestransaxle
slippage.Overfillingcancause
foaming,lossoffluid,and
Whenthevehiclehasbeendrivenandthe
fluidisatnormaloperatingtemperature,
about65°C(150°F),thelevelmustbe
betweenFullandLow.
transaxlemalfunction.
ØUsespecifiedfluid(page10-4).A
nonspecifiedfluidcouldresultin
transaxlemalfunctionandfailure.
FluidcoldscaleB
Whentheenginehasnotbeenrunning
andtheoutsidetemperatureisabout20°C
(70°F),thefluidlevelshouldbecloseto,
butnotabove,thebottomnotchonthe
dipstick.
1.
2.
3.
Parkonalevelsurfaceandsetthe
parkingbrakefirmly.
Starttheengineanddepressthebrake
pedal.
CAUTION
Movetheshiftleverthroughallranges,
thensetitatP.
ØUsethecoldscaleonlyasa
reference.
ØIfoutsidetemperatureislower
thanabout20°C(70°F),startthe
engineandinspectthefluidlevel
aftertheenginereachesoperating
temperature.
ØIfthevehiclehasbeendrivenfor
anextendedperiodathighspeeds
orincitytrafficinhotweather,
inspectthelevelonlyafter
WARNING
Makesurethebrakepedalisapplied
beforeshiftingtheshiftlever:
Shiftingtheshiftleverwithoutfirst
depressingthebrakepedalis
dangerous.Thevehiclecouldmove
suddenlyandcauseanaccident.
4.
Withtheenginestillidling,pulloutthe
dipstick,wipeitclean,andputitback.
stoppingtheengineandallowing
thefluidtocoolfor30minutes.
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