How so? Dip stick seems just as accessible and you have to pull it anyway.Any reason to NOT use the dipstick to refill transmission fluid?
No, Just 5x more time consuming but who cares right?
Perhaps they've changed the tube since your model, but it's slightly larger than 3/4" on my 2012. I performed one drain/fill this morning and used a ~20" funnel with a 3/4" OD flexible outlet that fit perfectly into the tube. Fluid flowed normally as well. If the tube was as small as the oil dipstick, I agree the fill port would be a much better choice.^Agree
The dipstick tube is almost 1/4 of an inch in diameter the process of filling the ATF through there is painfully slow... In contrast the fill hole is alnost an inch wide.
+1Any reason to NOT use the dipstick to refill transmission fluid?
No, Just 5x more time consuming but who cares right?
Perhaps they've changed the tube since your model, but it's slightly larger than 3/4" on my 2012. I performed one drain/fill this morning and used a ~20" funnel with a 3/4" OD flexible outlet that fit perfectly into the tube. Fluid flowed normally as well. If the tube was as small as the oil dipstick, I agree the fill port would be a much better choice.
Pretty much why I was confused about why anyone would use the fill hole.Care to take a picture? makes no sense to make the Dipstick tube domestic car size and keep the ATF Fill Hole for that matter.
Pretty much why I was confused about why anyone would use the fill hole.
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do whichever u want. personally id only use the dipstick hole as a fill if for some reason you couldnt get the fill plug off.