No Dipstick, No Problem?

How to check transmission fluid on newer Fords with no dipstick.

[mikhail]

Reminds me of why the farmers had to sue John Deere just so they could work on their own tractors

[TheDollAdvocate]

Videos like this make me feel so smart keeping my 1982 dodge truck.

[mikescherrer]

"So advanced they don't have dipsticks" is a statement that perfectly encapsulates how stupid people have become. Gotta pay a "technician" to use a computer to do something I can do with no tools on an old Malibu in 30 seconds, and that's "advanced"?

[GarenP]

That's super straightforward. The Toyota procedure is 10-pages long, and requires you overfill about 1/2 quart, warm up engine to a certain magic temp range, and then while the car is running AND in temp range, remove the drain plug! If you make a wee mistake, you gotta start all over and use the super expensive Toyota FE fluid!

[tonyb]

The dipstick is in the engineering department.

[bigjohn]

I really love how on my 5.0 f150 I get to scortch my arm on the cat to check the fluid. I couldn't think of a easier way oh except like the dip stick on my 96 5.0

[jaskew]

Omg the humanity and the rust u northern mechanics deserve purple hearts. Im all the way down by texas due being severely allergic to rusted bolt

[Echocompany-]

ATF fluid is a detergent mostly so that’s probably the cleanest those boots will ever be. As a working man myself ik how dirty them boots can get

[daltonsales]

Car manufacturers want you to buy a new one every year or two. If something lasts 5 years nowadays, it's pretty much an antique

[madmattthehatter]

Don't need to change the fluid here. It's designed to last the life of the vehicle. Which is directly tied to the life of the transmission. That'll be any day now😂😢🙄

[ChrisR]

Meanwhile those of us with the old-school "row it yourself" gearboxes can continue to pump oil in until some runs out of the filler hole, re-install filler plug, and motor on down the road.

[SquatchTug]

As a mechanic the more they make it harder to service for the average person means more money for me

[bluntslt]

"Got a lil bit on my boot there, ahh shine it up " 🤦🏽🤣

[alejandroarreola-torres]

At least theres a way to measure them. Kia's wet clutch transmission doesn't have a dipstick for either fluid, and there's no level sensor. Manufacturer procedure was to drain each fluid and measure it in a jug until they came out with a SST(it's a dipstick)

[BenVanAmburg]

Ive gotten yelled at for revving the engine to warm the transmission. Haha. Thanks for showing the right way

[jeffhill]

This is old school, now you have to use a special adapter and push extra fluid up in the transmission pan. Then drain it out so you know it's full. Real green idea, not wastefull at all. Oh yeah, like $15 quart special fluid too..

[RobertBrown-si]

So advanced it takes a team of “experts” to check anything….we’ve come so far…😮

[phillhuddleston]

So you check it by plugging a computer into your cars computer then draining your transmissions fluid, got it! I hope he remembered to put new fluid in. I've heard on many new cars the filters are not replicable, they only get replaced when the transmission gets rebuilt, crazy!

[brandonmelton]

Reasons why I'm keeping my new-to-me truck until it falls apart ✓

[dubya]

Remember to measure how much fluid you took out in that drain pan, and put equal amount of new fluid in!