1993 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 264
1993 Chevrolet S10 Pickup Manual
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Service & Appearance Care Automatic Transmission Fluid When to Check and Change: A goodtimetocheckyourautomatictransmission fluid leveliswhenthe engineoilischanged.RefertotheMaintenanceScheduletodeterminewhen tochangeyourfluid.See"ScheduledMaintenanceServices"intheIndex. How to Check: Becausethisoperationcanbealittledifficult,youmaychoosetohavethis doneat adealershipServiceDepartment. Ifyou do ityourself,besuretofollowalltheinstructionshere,oryoucould getafalsereadingonthedipstick. I NOTICE Waitatleast 30minutesbeforechecking havebeendriving: Whenoutsidetemperaturesareabove At highspeedforquiteawhile. Inheavytraffic-especially Whilepullingatrailer. the transmissionfluidlevel 90°F (32°C). if you in hot weather. To gettherightreading,thefluidmustbeatnormaloperatingtemperature, whichis180°Fto200°F(82°C to 93°C). To checktransmissionfluid hot: Getthevehiclewarmedupbydriving 50°F (10°C). If about 15 miles (24 km)whenoutsidetemperaturesareabove it'scolderthen 50°F (IO'C), drivethevehicle in D (3rd gear)untilthe temperaturegagemovesandthenremainssteadyfortenminutes.Then follow the hot check procedures. To checktransmissionfluid cold: A coldcheckismadeafterthevehicle hasbeensittingforeighthoursormorewiththeengine offand isused only as a reference.Lettheenginerunatidleforfiveminutes if outside (lO°C), you temperaturesare 50°F (10°C) or more. If it'scolderthan50°F mayhavetoidletheenginelonger. A hotcheckmustfollowwhenfluidis addedduringacoldcheck. 6-1 6 I