[T3] 412 Brake Caliper Question

[William J]

I put was was left in the gallon trans fluid jug into a measuring cup and 
it's 11 oz so I filled the trans 7 pint's 3 oz which is 14 oz over the 6 
pints 5 oz Bentley states.

 Should I just drive it and get it hot then see or drain off say 7 oz?

William

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at VWType3.org>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] 412 Brake Caliper Question


> On 13 Mar 2016 at 21:02, William J wrote:
>
>>  My main point of bringing up the auto trans dipstck is it's so difficult 
>> to
>> read. My observation is that up to the first mark on the stick the trans
>> fluid shows as if the fluid clings and is highly visable , past that 
>> point
>> it only covers half with width of the stick .
>
> This makes me wonder if what you're seeing is the result of the
> dipstick dragging along the side of the filler pipe and picking up
> ATF on one side of the dipstick. This happen most conspicuously just
> after adding ATF down that pipe. The "real" fluid level is indicated
> by where it covers the full width of the dipstick.
>
> You might want to check this again, at a time when you haven't just
> run ATF down that pipe. Note also that the ATF level is always
> checked with the engine running and the AT in P or N, after running
> the shifter thru each gear position briefly, to make sure all the
> passages are full.
>
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