Each vehicle can be different. Manuals tend to have fill plugs, where the fluid is set to the bottom of the hole with the engine off. Most automatics have dipsticks. It depends on the transmission if it is checked in park or neutral with the engine running.
Automatic transmission fluid is the proper fluid.Automatic transmission fluid is the proper fluid.
Yes it does. The proper way to check automatic transmission fluid is to check it while engine is at idle.
how do I put transmission fluid in a Saturn vue
The motor and transmission share the same fluid. So if you check the oil you are also checking the transmission fluid.
should be a dipstick back next to the firewall for checking transmission fluid.
No, foaming is an indication that there is contamination or the fluid is overfull.
yes
checking transmission fluid 3.1 ltr
Simply pour the fluid into the tube that you removed the dip stick from for checking the level in the transmission. DO NOT overfill the transmission.
be more specific, but start by checking the fluid
Locate the transmission fluid dipstick. Follow the owner's manual instructions for checking the fluid level. Engine hot? Running in neutral? Then USING A SMALL FUNNEL ADD the fluid down the dipstick tube, SLOWLY until it is up to the proper mark. It will NOT take much fluid. DO NOT OVERFILL.
The transmission level is checked with a dipstick and not just a cap. Are you sure you are checking transmission fluid? Look in your owners manual. Some GM models also have a sealed for life transmission with no way of checking fluid level.