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Transmission Oil Level Frustratingly Difficult to Obtain Accurate Reading-Stupid or what? 850

posted by  Ken Temkin on  Fri Sep 27 02:35 CST 2002
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I don't have an automatic, so my suggestion is just an observation, however, any dipstick which enter the oil pool at an angle will give you different readings on either side of the dipstick. On my 850's engine oil dipstick, I get different reading on either side of the dipstick. And I suspect that the automatic transmission dipstick does, in fact, intersect the oil pool at other than a right angle.

Knowing this, the obvious answer is to split the difference, as the real oil level is right in the middle.






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