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Morning All,
1998 4.6 V8 auto.
I'm just checking my autobox fluid level. I'm not sure I put the right amount in when I changed the fluid and filter last time. (about 6 litres went back in).
The engine is cold, the engine running.
When I dip the stick I push it all the way home, and then lift it out to look at the level.
Problem is I'm not getting a clear reading at all? I have a kind of smear of red fluid extending way past full, but it's not a clear line across the dip stick. It looks a lot like it's picked up fluid from the walls of the fill tube, so it's hard to judge how full it is.
I've now been out there filling it my 250ml a time and checking I'm worried the engine isn't cold anymore so I'm getting the wrong reading!
Should I be seeing a clear cut line across the dip stick or what?
1998 4.6 V8 auto.
I'm just checking my autobox fluid level. I'm not sure I put the right amount in when I changed the fluid and filter last time. (about 6 litres went back in).
The engine is cold, the engine running.
When I dip the stick I push it all the way home, and then lift it out to look at the level.
Problem is I'm not getting a clear reading at all? I have a kind of smear of red fluid extending way past full, but it's not a clear line across the dip stick. It looks a lot like it's picked up fluid from the walls of the fill tube, so it's hard to judge how full it is.
I've now been out there filling it my 250ml a time and checking I'm worried the engine isn't cold anymore so I'm getting the wrong reading!
Should I be seeing a clear cut line across the dip stick or what?