So here's my problem - I checked the transmission fluid last week and I was seeing a bead of oil just on the twisted end of the dipstick. This was after warming the car up, shifting through the gears a few times and leaving it idling in neutral.
I took this to mean the level was low - so I bought some semi synth Dexron III equivalent to play it safe, and today I put in just over a pint of fluid. Problem: I still get the exact same 'reading' on the dipstick.
Higher up the stick I'm seeing a sliver of lubricant just on the right side of the back of the dipstick, front stays totally dry. It may just pick this up from the fluid ending up in the dipstick tube each time I remove it to check, however the fluid is so easy to run that I'm not sure if the level was ok and I've overfilled it, or it's lower than I thought.
Are there any tricks to doing a better check? The metal dipstick seems next to useless. I started to wonder if a very long pipe cleaner would work or something. I'm trying to avoid jacking the car up and emptying the transmission & refilling with the right amount as it's not going to be doing many miles for the winter and next year I'll be getting the transmission rooster comb changed anyway.
I took this to mean the level was low - so I bought some semi synth Dexron III equivalent to play it safe, and today I put in just over a pint of fluid. Problem: I still get the exact same 'reading' on the dipstick.
Higher up the stick I'm seeing a sliver of lubricant just on the right side of the back of the dipstick, front stays totally dry. It may just pick this up from the fluid ending up in the dipstick tube each time I remove it to check, however the fluid is so easy to run that I'm not sure if the level was ok and I've overfilled it, or it's lower than I thought.
Are there any tricks to doing a better check? The metal dipstick seems next to useless. I started to wonder if a very long pipe cleaner would work or something. I'm trying to avoid jacking the car up and emptying the transmission & refilling with the right amount as it's not going to be doing many miles for the winter and next year I'll be getting the transmission rooster comb changed anyway.