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

[William J]

Just to add . Since the red tag faces right as it always has even with the 
trans fluid warm engine runnning when I pull the stick the two marks face up 
since the part of the stick a bit above the marks had a 90 degree twist 
built into it . The other side has no marks and assuming it drops into the 
pan at about 90 degrees I see only fluid on the side with the marks and only 
a tiny wipe on the unmarked side . If the trans is cold engine off the level 
is way over the high mark which is normal yet I see fluid on both sides that 
are pretty close to equal.

William
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at VWType3.org>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] My final question about the auto trans fluid level.


> On 21 Mar 2016 at 12:42, William J wrote:
>
>>  If I wipe the stick off and insert it and pull it out right away the 
>> fluid was just below the low mark. If I wipe the stick and wait a minute 
>> or so then the level is at the high mark .
>>
>>  From this my guess is it takes a minute or so for the fluid to cling to 
>> the stick.
>>
>>  Does this sound reasonable?
>
> No, it sounds odd. It takes basically zero time for the ATF to cling
> to the stick.
>
> You're checking the fluid level with the engine running, right? This
> sounds like you've shut the engine off and you're seeing the ATF
> drain down over time after shutdown.
>
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