1998 Buick LeSabre Owner's Manual - Page 269

- Checking theFluid Level 0 Park your vehicle on a level place. Keep the engine running. With the parking brake applied, place the lever shift in PARK (P). With lever three shift your foot the brake pedal, moveathe shift on through each gear range, pausing for ,about seconds in each range. Then, position the leverin PARK (P). 1. Pull out the dipstick and wipewith a clean rag it or paper towel. 0 2. Push it back in all the way, waitlthree seconds and then pull it back out again. 0 0 Let, the enginen at idle for three to five minutes. k Then, without shuttingoff the engine, follow these steps: I... The transaxle fluid dipstick top is a round '.loop and next to the is brake master cylinder behind the engine' block. 3. Check both sidesof the dipstick, and read th,e the lower level. The fluid level mustinbe cross-hatched area. 4. If the fluid level is in the acce!ptable range, push the dipstick back all theway. in 6-19