I have a VW Jetta 1997 with an automatic transmission. I want to know how to check and fill the Automatic transmission fluid.|||Start the Jetta's engine and wait for it to warm up. When the needle on the water temperature gauge sits between the upper and lower mark on the gauge, the engine is sufficiently warm.
Open the hood and pull the looped handle out of the backside of the engine. This is the transmission dipstick, which sits in the transmission filler neck.
Wipe off the end of the dipstick and put it all the way back into the transmission filler neck.
Pull the dipstick back out of the filler neck and check the transmission fluid level. The fluid level should sit between the upper and lower marks on the bottom end of the dipstick.
If you need to add any fluid, you will need a funnel and you fill through the dipstick tube.
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Check plug is on driver side of transmission about halfway up. It has an indent in it that you can put the head of a bolt in. Fill till fluid runs out of plug hole|||if yours doesnt have a tranny dipstick youll have to check by lifting the car evenly and taking off the oil drain plug and if it leaks oil your good...
red tranny fluild is good
darker red means your tranny needs a flush
and black means you need a new tranny or a rebuild
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