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n0nsensical · 03-03-2004, 10:21 PM

I have a 97 Chrysler LHS that is a bit temperamental when it comes to shifting gears (sometimes shudders while shifting but nothing abnormal between shifts). After about 30 minutes of driving I checked the fluid; the level was right about on the boundary of lowest acceptable for HOT and the highest acceptable for WARM, and it was sort of yellowish-orange in color, which I understand is not great but not terrible. First, I didn't actually find out the temperature of the fluid, and even if I did I wouldn't know the difference, but do you think I need to add some or could it have been right between "warm" and "hot" in temperature and therefore about correct in level? If I did add some would the fluid go in the same place as the dipstick? The manual doesn't specify where to put it and I couldn't find anything under the hood labelled for it. Second, do you think changing the fluid and filter would improve shifting? I don't think they've been changed before but I'm not sure about that. Thanks in advance.

03-03-2004, 10:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
n0nsensical Junkie Location: San Francisco	Automatic Transmssion Fluid I have a 97 Chrysler LHS that is a bit temperamental when it comes to shifting gears (sometimes shudders while shifting but nothing abnormal between shifts). After about 30 minutes of driving I checked the fluid; the level was right about on the boundary of lowest acceptable for HOT and the highest acceptable for WARM, and it was sort of yellowish-orange in color, which I understand is not great but not terrible. First, I didn't actually find out the temperature of the fluid, and even if I did I wouldn't know the difference, but do you think I need to add some or could it have been right between "warm" and "hot" in temperature and therefore about correct in level? If I did add some would the fluid go in the same place as the dipstick? The manual doesn't specify where to put it and I couldn't find anything under the hood labelled for it. Second, do you think changing the fluid and filter would improve shifting? I don't think they've been changed before but I'm not sure about that. Thanks in advance.