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Old 01-30-2020, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by turquise1 View Post
I will definitely try this but do you think it would make a difference? I am reading the expansion of transmission oil with heat is around 0.07% increase in volume per degree C for atf oil. That means if you have 10qts of oil at 30C, you will have appx 10.49qts at 100C. Would that really create such delay?


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Ozzie
Do the math in reverse. You have 10 quarts of ATF at 50C (assuming the ATF is flowing out of the fill hole) what will you have at 20C or 0C in the winter.

Google symptoms of low ATF in a ZF trans and you should find the answer to your question.
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