Affliction your transmission fluid at true levels ensures that your van's transmission operates properly.1. Field your vehicle on a aligned surface. Sanction the vehicle running at lazy with the transmission in "Grounds."
Low levels of transmission fluid accrual the proportions of heat created when you are operating the vehicle. As the heat climbs above 200 degrees Fahrenheit, the transmission fluid begins to collapse, robbing its effectiveness. Inspect the fluid on the transmission dipstick when you probation the transmission fluid calm to determine budding problems with the transmission or to decide when it is eternity for a fluid moderate.
Instructions
2. Regulate the hood of your vehicle. Set the dipstick striking "Transmission Fluid" or the one that has a pusillanimous pull top. Typically a transmission fluid dipstick is located toward the rear centre of the engine bay. Provided you classify one dipstick as the Engine oil dipstick, the other is your transmission fluid dipstick.
3. Pull the transmission fluid dipstick out of the engine bay. Wipe the dipstick with a rag. Push the dipstick back into the filler tube fully. Wait two seconds and pull the dipstick back out.
4. Smell the fluid on the end of the dipstick. Fluid that smells burned or is brown in color will need to be changed.
5. Read the dipstick. If the fluid level sits below the full line (or if there is no fluid present on the tip of the dipstick), place a funnel into the fill hole (which is the dipstick hole). Pour a small amount of transmission fluid into the funnel. Check the fluid often while adding transmission fluid to ensure you do not overfill the transmission with fluid.
