Both the manual and automatic transmissions take Mercon ATF.
You can use any SAE certified transmission fluid in your 1998 Ford escort manual transmission. Make sure the transmission fluid is for your manual transmission and not an automatic transmission.
the transmission fluid for a 1996 ford escort is type MA.
Transmission fluid is contained in the transmission itself, there is no separate reservoir.
To change the transmission fluid on the manual 1998 Ford Escort ZX2, drain the fluid from the drain hole near the speed sensor. Then refill the fluid using the plug in the side of the transmission.
You sgould add Transmission Fluid through the dipstickwith the car running
through the side plug of the transmission
Fluid is added through the dipstick tube.
is it an automatic, or manual shift?
dipstick hole
8 quarts.
the car has to be warm running, in park, and level to check the transmission fluid
Mercon automatic transmission fluid.