4L60E Fluid Levels
4L60E Fluid Levels I have searched for an explination on what I'm experiencing and I havn't found anything of it's nature.
I got my Z28 with about 90+ thousand miles and I have been going through all the fluids and putting fresh stuff in.
I have noticed that on the trans dipstick the fluid level changes everytime I check it. It will go up and down from the bottom of the crosshatch to the top of the crosshatch every time I dip it in to chect it.
This was happening before I changed the fluid and filter in the trans. Tonight I changed the fluid and filter, put 5 qts. in and went out for a drive. Came back and the level goes back and forth from the bottom to the top of the crosshatch and vise versa.
Can someone help me out because I have not seen this condition before?
I got my Z28 with about 90+ thousand miles and I have been going through all the fluids and putting fresh stuff in.
I have noticed that on the trans dipstick the fluid level changes everytime I check it. It will go up and down from the bottom of the crosshatch to the top of the crosshatch every time I dip it in to chect it.
This was happening before I changed the fluid and filter in the trans. Tonight I changed the fluid and filter, put 5 qts. in and went out for a drive. Came back and the level goes back and forth from the bottom to the top of the crosshatch and vise versa.
Can someone help me out because I have not seen this condition before?
TECH Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 5,399
Likes: 3
From: Jacksonville, FL
Are you checking it exactly like it says in the manual? Right temp, going through and stopping for 3 seconds in each gear, not after highway driving, etc? I had a heck of a time getting mine right after my Vig install.
I also run it through the gears and everytime I check it it still shows up different on the dipstick everytime.
Hopefully one of our sponsers can expand on this a little more. I'm just having a real hard time with this for some reason.
i have a hard time getting an accurate reading also. its a stupid dipstick design if you ask me. i wish it has tiny holes like the oil dipstick. it is weird how it flucuates so much for you.
I did happen to see something positive though...........................
I get more readings at just over the top of the cross hatch rather than the readings of it being at the bottom of the cross hatch.
Any Ideas?
Trending Topics
i know for me with clean fluid it would give me different readings depending on the speed that i pulled the dipstick out and the angle i held it on. in my opinion it just sucks trying to get it right
. i used the average of 10 pulls and tried to pull it the same each time
. i used the average of 10 pulls and tried to pull it the same each time LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo
On The Tree
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 107
Likes: 0
From: Northern Virginia
I have the same problem too. I got fed up with it and just said screw it . When it reads obviously low is when I'll put fluid in.
Think of it this way. Now with all the times you've pulled it in and out and wiped the dipstick, you should probably add more fluid for all of it that you wasted trying to get the same reading
. When it reads obviously low is when I'll put fluid in.Think of it this way. Now with all the times you've pulled it in and out and wiped the dipstick, you should probably add more fluid for all of it that you wasted trying to get the same reading
