How do you check the transmission fluid level in 87 prelude?

Answer 1

I have a 1998 Jetta and the check plug is on the left side behind the drivers front wheel. It is a indented allan plug. It is about 2-3 inches above the bottom of the transmission. This is also the fill plug or can be used to fill at least.

Answer 2

for automatic: there should be a dipstick at the back of the engine, sometimes on the drivers side, usually on the passenger side. pull the dipstick and see what color the fluid is. if it is reddish then it is your Transmission Fluid. if it is brown or black then it is your engine oil, keep looking. when right dipstick is found, then with transission warm and in neutral or park, (different for various vehicles but should say on dipstick) and engine running, check the level on dipstick, top up through dipstick hole if required with reccomended atf. for standard: this is not so clean...you have to get under the Jeep locate your transmission. it will be between your engine and your transfer case, on the side of your transmission will be an threaded plug, this is where you check your fluid level. remove plug and insert finger, if there is fluid to the hole then your level is fine, if not, then fill with reccomended oil using a small sqeeze bottle.

Answer 3

Mine is a turbo model, but I doubt that makes a difference in this case - if you open the hood and are looking at the engine from the front, it is on the right side, toward the rear of the engine (mine has a yellow handle), right near the oil dipstick. Its nearly impossible to spot without removing the air intake piece (easy) that is more toward front of engine to the right. The owners manual has a great illustration of its location which Volvo's website has if needed.

Answer 4

OK- if it's the same as on my slightly older model...and your finding the filler tube under the hood, but it doesn't have a dipstick, right?

Believe it or not...they don't come with one!

You either go to a shop that has one...or buy it for @$45.

Yup, unbelievable, but true.

Answer 5

On a classic Beetle look under the car on the drivers side, (left side, standing behind the car looking forward) and on the side of the transmission is a bolt/plug screwed into the side and the drain plug screwed into the bottom, unscrew the top one and the oil level should be at the same height as the bottom of the threads in the hole.

You can usually put your finger slightly inside to feel if its there. DO NOT overfill it, it should just start dribbling out of the hole when full.

Most manual transmissions are checked the same so it should be similar on the modern version Beetles.

Answer 6

Not sure if 1987 is the same, but my 1985 Honda Prelude has the dipstick located in front of the radiatior, down kind of low.