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ExerciseExtremeCautionwhenWorkingonyourVehicle.......................................................232CoolantLevel..............................................233EngineOil...................................................235EngineOilLevel...........................................236EngineOilRecommendation.........................238BrakeFluidLevel.........................................240FuelEconomy.............................................242OperatingyourPorscheinotherCountries.....243Fuel...........................................................244Portablefuelcontainers...............................245FuelRecommendations................................246EmissionControlSystem.............................247HowEmissionControlWorks........................248FuelEvaporationControl..............................249WasherFluid...............................................250PowerSteering...........................................251Filter..........................................................252ManualTransmissionOil...............................253AutomaticTransmissionFluid........................254WiperBlades..............................................255CarCareInstructions...................................257
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AutomaticTransmissionFluid
ThetorqueconverterandthetransmissionarelubricatedwithAutomaticTransmissionFluid(ATF).Thefinaldriverequirestransmissionoil.
Pleaseobservethechapter”CAPACITIES”onpage335.
DonottowthecarorruntheenginewithoutATFinthetransmission.Theautomatictransmissionmaybedamagedbyevenatinyspeckofdirt,onlyacleanfunnelorspoutmustbeusedwhenaddingATF.
TheATFandtransmissionoilhastobecheckedandchangedattheintervalslistedinyourMainte-nanceSchedule.
WerecommendthatyouhavetheATFandtrans-missionoilchangedatyourPorschedealer,whohastherequiredlubricantsandthenecessaryfillingequipment.
Ifyoususpectanoilleakinthetransmission,haveyourauthorizedPorschedealercheckitoutimmediately.
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