The Haynes Repair Manual says to use 5W 30 engine oil if you have over a hundred thousand miles. for an 88 shadow there is a rubber plug on the drivers side of the transmission, about halfway up the casing. you know if you need to add more fluid if you can remove the rubber plug without anything leaking out. If it seems dry, stick your finger into the hole and try to feel the fluid level. to add more fluid to it you have to use a funnel with a rubber hose attached to it and gravity feed the oil into the transmission.
The manual shift transmission does not have a filter.
should be a dipstick back next to the firewall for checking transmission fluid.
On an automatic, the dipstick is on the left side near the battery. The fluid level should be checked at idle in park. If a manual the fill plug is about half way up the right side of the transmission case.
6-7qts approx. fill
It is important to use the correct amount of fluid in a car. The 1988 Acura Legend takes about 3.2 quarts of transmission fluid.
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Fluid is added through the transmission dipstick.
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The 1988 Toyota Camry transmission has a fluid capacity of 6.3 quarts. You can check the transmission fluid level with the transmission fluid dipstick.
transmission fluid is uaually added through the trans dipstick tube.
Through the automatic transmission fluid level dipstick , near the firewall
If that is an automatic transmission, pull the dipstick and read it, it will tell what fluid to use.