# Checking Transmission fluid

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/checking-transmission-fluid/23867>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 26, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/checking-transmission-fluid/23867 "2008-12-26T00:16:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![grampy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@grampy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grampy)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/checking-transmission-fluid/23867/1 "2008-12-26T00:16:50Z")

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Why do i have a variation in fluid level when i check the trans. cold?  
  
 When i check the fluid 2-3 times a week it reads full,or at the add mark.  
  
 The manual says to check it after warming it up awhile,but i have always been in the habit of checking fluids when engine has set for several hours in my American vehicles.  
  
 Why is the level never the same?