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Old 07-16-2008, 04:20 AM
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Re: Transmission fluid all over the place....

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Originally Posted by silicon212
You're supposed to check the oil with the engine running in most cases, as with the engine off, the converter isn't spinning and the pump isn't pumping - the fluid runs out of the converter and back into the trans - this might be what happened in your case.
Heh that is probably part of it... I started checking it with the engine on but once it started spewing out I turned the engine off as fast as I could... which might have just exacerbated the problem.
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