Checking automatic transmition oil

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Sometimes, and follow the manual.

Not all cars are equipped with a user's method of checking the fluid level. The more recent versions of my Audi and of the wife's Clio for example, have no dipstick. It's a dealer thing.

For those that do have a dipstick the method varies - in many cases it involves warming the gearbox up to operating temperature, moving it slowly through all the gears and back into a specific one (usually park) then dipping - but like I said, it varies so you'll have to read the manual.

Oh, he does not have the manual. I guess I will have to try and find a merkin site for someone with the same car. There are so few compared to the UK it seems.

Thanks for the help.

The Contour is the US version of the Mondeo, with some cosmetic changes.

There's a Contour enthusiasts group

which may be able to help.

Given it's not the 2.0, the 'box should be OK :-)

Pete.

I thought a merkin was a pubic wig, used in showbusiness!

My, how silly that would look on a gearbox!

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There's an opticians in Brent Cross called Merkin.

John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain

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And, sadly, buy an older one. Many newer autos don't have one - they're a dying thing.

They've moved the position of the dipstick in many newer hatchbacks. He's sitting behind the wheel in a Burberry cap... ;-)