Have the bottom panels off the the 98, cleaned things up, my only leak is a minor ATF leak from the torque converter area, which I will live with for the foreseeable future.

With my infrared thermometer, I can easily read the ATF temperature at the pan. Is there any way to do this once I put the panels back on, i.e. from the top of the engine compartment? I assume not, but thought I'd ask.

Incidentally, the attached graph is extremely helpful for measuring ATF level....since it isn't always easy to have temp at exactly 80C. Graph is fairly linear, though slope decreases slightly at higher temps. For every 10C, level changes by about by about 1 cm.

Attached Files

722.6 Temperature Graph.pdf (69.3 KB, 221 views)

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