How to check transmission oil?

[mash]

How do you check tranmission oil for skylines?

With car on or off? In gear of out?

Also, the dip stick says HOT on one side and COLD on the other. Does that mean the engine is HOT or COLD, or engine OFF or ON.

Thanks

[T0nyGTSt]

Change it at 20,000/25,000 intervals.

Or is that pedantic?

T.

[mash]

I actually want to know how to check it. I dont know how to read the dip stick correctly

[akeenan]

heat up the car check it in nuetral or off once its warm im not sure wether it really matters?

[T0nyGTSt]

Well I had Redline put into my box.

Just drove the car in after a 5 min drive from work.

Jacked the car up on stands - shoved a pan underneath and out it drained - the oil complete with cool gold colour sparkles came out lukewarm.

Needed a handpump to push the oil UP into the gearbox. Too a little over 3 litres.

T.

[WHITE R32]

tony i think they are talking about automatics man..... what u do is..... with the car at operating temp and still running.... put your foot on the brake and pull it into first then neutral then reverse a few times leaving it in gear for a few seconds each time then into park then check should be on the full HOT bit on the stick......u will have to look hard as old trannie fluid is hard to see...... and another tip if your oil smells like its burnt take it to an auto transmission place and get the trannie serviced/checked/change fluid........ hope that helps u out.....:uh-huh:

[akeenan]

i used to change the transmission fluid/kit. no importance really just something to say

[JimX]

I think various makes and models are different, some are checked in or out of gear, hot or cold. But the way we did Falcons and Lasers etc when I worked at a Ford dealership is with the engine warm, in drive, with air con on. Not sure if that's "normal" or not. From memory the difference is not all that great between all the above variables.

[mash]

Thanks guys. Will check it today.

[SKY031]

Originally posted by WHITE R32

with the car at operating temp and still running.... put your foot on the brake and pull it into first then neutral then reverse a few times leaving it in gear for a few seconds each time then into park...................  

hahaha.... isn't that a bit over the top?

Motor at running temp,

car in neutral.

Wipe stick

Put stick back in hole,

Read fluid level,

Repeat (to make sure that it was accurate)

Pffffffff men....

Have to make everything so complicated.

[predator]

men have to make things complicated!?? pft!

[JimX]

Originally posted by R31 Skyline Chick

Wipe stick

Put stick back in hole,

Read fluid level,

Repeat (to make sure that it was accurate)

That just sounds rude!

[T0nyGTSt]

Originally posted by R31 Skyline Chick

Wipe stick

Put stick back in hole,

Read fluid level,

Repeat (to make sure that it was accurate)

You could apply this procedure to other activities I gather...

T.

[mash]

Easy there big fella

[T0nyGTSt]

Originally posted by mash

Easy there big fella

I'm pretty sure that's what SHE said... ha ha...

T.

[fatz]

white 32 is 100000% correct

do it that way and you will get the level right

pete

[WHITE R32]

i diddnt know i was exactly that correct i was thinking more along the lines of 99999% right but there u go i suprised myself.....

[SKY031]

But.... how can you get an accurate readin on the stick, if you move it through gears?

It will just splash up the stick.

Yes no?

[WHITE R32]

no.... what moving it thru the gears does is gets the oil thru everything so that u can get a proper reading u just pull it in and out of gears while sitting still not moving......