SERVICE INTERVALS
Inspect fluid level every 15,000 miles. Change fluid every 30,000 miles or 24 months. Change ATF filter one time only at 30,000 miles.
CHECKING FLUID LEVEL
- Ensure that gearbox is cool. Apply handbrake and securely chock front and rear wheels.
- Place a suitable container beneath gearbox.
- Clean area around oil filler/level and drain plugs.
- Remove oil drain plug, remove and discard sealing washer. (Схема №2)
- Select Park.
- Ensure handbrake is applied.
- Start engine and allow it to idle.
- Apply footbrake.
- Move selector lever through all gear positions, while continuing to fill the gearbox. Select Park.
- With engine idling, gearbox should overflow through drain plug by about 2 mm bead of oil running out.
- Fit new sealing washer to automatic gearbox filler/level plug, fit plug and tighten to 30 Nm (22 lbf.ft).
All transmissions use Texamatic 9226, Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) Dexron II-D or Dexron-III for refill and topping-off. See TRANSMISSION FLUID CAPACITIES .