Hello,

My ATF is low, it is spot-on the lower hashmark. What would be a good starting measurement to bring it back to standard?

Cheers.

for what car?

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

what model?
usually just run the car with tranny in park and use a small funnel so u dont create a mess

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)

it depends of model,my car (300sd) is good on spot on when cold and
engine off,... because when on 30dg temp.,engine running and in p position
it is exactly 10mm below lower hasmark as it should be.


see the attach.

cheers

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w126 500SEC gen II euro, powered by OM617 turbo stolen from 84 300SD 2.88 diff,EGR blinded
next wish/project: w114 coupe OM603 powered

Sorry guys, thought my vehicle was in my signature!

Its an 85' 300TD wagon, daily driver. I've had a very small leak over the past month and checked levels yesterday. I was on totally flat surface, trans in neutral and running. Level was at lower hashmark.

I bought a ketchup bottle at the dollar store yesterday that has both SAE/metric volume measurments marked out with a handy cone-type nozzle. Would like to be as presice with this as I can.

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mate,...were you just started engine,put in P and do the measurement?

if yes .. you dont have to fill any atf ...please see pic above...

if the engine was worm (work temp.) then yes I suppose 2.5 dl will do
BUT you have to add slow 1dl by 1dl and allways with engine running and P
selected.


my indy made overfill few days ago so i had to pull out some atf ...
so be careful and patient.

p.s I suppose that you have 722.3 tranny?


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w126 500SEC gen II euro, powered by OM617 turbo stolen from 84 300SD 2.88 diff,EGR blinded
next wish/project: w114 coupe OM603 powered

Yes, engine was warm when I checked. Thanks for the pic w/ measurements, very useful!

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1985 300TD wagon (195k) "Roswell"

I like the measurement table. Very informative and thanks for sharing.

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