Re: Some details of the 2AZ-FE engine

"Steve" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Scott Dorsey wrote:
>
>>
>> This means hydraulic lifters, but it also means sealed chassis 
>> components
>> that don't need regular greasing with every oil change but which 
>> fail
>> before 80,000 miles is up.  It means "sealed for life" 
>> transmissions, where
>> that life is about half what it should be.
>
> Here here!  Eliminating the dipstick on automatic transmissions has 
> to be the single most unnecessarily STUPID thing car makers have 
> done in the last 50 years. Maybe since the dawn of the automobile.

Why? All my current cars still have dip sticks on the transmission, 
but there never seems to be any change in the level. I think 
eliminating dipsticks was a safety measure more than anything else - I 
remember reading that a significant number of transmissions were 
damaged because either they were over filled (people don't follow the 
instructions for using them) or the wrong lubricant was added tot he 
transmission through the dip stick hole (wrong ATF or just the wrong 
stuff - like engine oil). How may car owners ever use the automatic 
transmission dip stick?

Ed