[T3] My final question about the auto trans fluid level.

[William J]

 I understand what you are saying Jim about the round tube and flat stick 
wiping clean ,seems unlikely.

I tried what Bob suggested . If I flip the stick over and remove it the 
marked side looks like there is very little fluid on it and the unmarked 
side reads what the marked side does. At times if I'm real careful to pull 
the stick out so it does not rotate and read the marked side as I normally 
do there is about half the amount of fluid on the unmarked side.

 One thing , the car is level front to rear yet I did not check it side to 
side and since the stick is on the far left side this may be why I see 
different readings on both sides . I didn't think of this until right now. 
The read part of the stick would sit with it's flats at the L & R side of 
the pan.

 I only ran the car for 45 minutes and shifted from drive to rev 5 times 
then waited and did this again . I left the engine running the entire time . 
I even put it in drive with the e brake on and checked the level didn't 
change. I will check side to side level on the tube style roof rack .

 As it stands now just running it for 45 minutes and shifting through D&R 
and not driving it the level is just at the low mark . The stick was just 
warm to the touch . I know the fluid expands driving since the trans is 
working harder . I have no idea how much the fluid expands as it heats up.

 Should I drive it and then check again making sure the car is level in both 
directions ? It seems when I drive it 2 miles the fluid is at the high mark 
. I also checked the fluid pulling the stick out right off and also waiting 
10 seconds didn't make any difference. The sticker states check with fluid 
warm what ever warm relates to. Since it's just at the low mark should I add 
a bit or drive first?

William
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at VWType3.org>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] My final question about the auto trans fluid level.


> The dipstick is flat horizontally for most of its length so that it
> can flex and follow the curve down to the AT. The last few inches are
> rotated 90 deg so that only an edge, and neither flat, will press
> against the side of the tube as you pull it out. To get the max
> advantage out of that design, you need to pull the dipstick straight
> out and not rotate it on the way.
>
> I'm willing to be proved wrong, but I'm skeptical about the
> possibility of one side getting wiped off by a side of the tube. Try
> this with something circular, of about the same diameter, that's not
> dry to start with. Even with something flat, I think you'd have to be
> really careful to get a clean wipe.
>
> I like Bob's suggestion of flipping the dipstock 180 deg and trying
> that.
>
> I'm willing to bet that your ATF level is low and things will start
> to make more sense if you add some.
>
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