Accually if you look at the dip stick it reads "HOT" and "COLD" The hot
being the higher mark.
""Don Rey"" <radon220@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Well... you check the ATF when *running* (not just hot!) because all
> your lines, passages, and converer are full of fluid. When you stop
> the engine, much of the fluid drains back to the pan. If you check
> with the engine stopped, you'd actually get a higher reading.
>
> On 10/10/06, Terrible Tom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> well after all thats why they say to check the trans fluid level when
>> hot right? because the fluid expands when hot and will give different
>> level readings based on temperature?
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