Fluid Level Check Using The Scan Tool
WARNING:
There is a risk of accident from vehicle moving when the engine is running. Secure vehicle to prevent it from moving. There is a risk of injury from contusions and burns if you insert your hands into the engine when it is running. Do not touch hot or rotating parts. Wear properly fitted work clothes.
- Verify that the vehicle is parked on a level surface.
- Remove the dipstick tube cap.
- Actuate the service brake. Start engine and let it run at idle speed in selector lever position "P".
- Shift through the transmission modes several times with the vehicle stationary and the engine idling.NOTE:
When inserting dipstick special tool (special tool #9336A, Dipstick), excess insertion force may cause the dipstick to slip past the stop on the bracket in the transmission oil pan. An approximate distance that the dipstick should be inserted into the fill tube is 424 mm (16.69 in.).
- Warm up the transmission, wait at least 2 minutes and check the oil level with the engine running. Push the Oil Dipstick (special tool #9336A, Dipstick) into transmission fill tube until the dipstick tip contacts the oil pan and pull out again, read off oil level, repeat if necessary.NOTE:
The dipstick will protrude from the fill tube when installed.
- Check transmission oil temperature using the appropriate scan tool.
- The transmission Oil Dipstick (special tool #9336A, Dipstick) has indicator marks every 10 mm. Determine the height of the oil level on the dipstick and using the height, the Transmission Fluid Temperature (TFT) as viewed with the scan too, and the Transmission Fluid Graph, determine if the transmission oil level is correct.
- Add or remove oil as necessary and recheck the oil level.
- Once the oil level is correct, install the dipstick tube cap.