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Evening folks, well I'm having some trouble understanding the current fluid level in my 07 Liberty with the 42RLE. I recently had my filter serviced along with new transmission lines. At the time the lines and filter were done the mechanic added 5 litres of fluid in total. on my drive home (5km) I stopped into the store near my house. When coming out and walking back to the jeep I noticed a puddle about 4 inches in diameter under the transmission. I only live around the corner so I coasted home and immediately put it onto service ramps to check it out. Only half of the bolts in the pan were tight and the rest only a couple of turns on them, and 1 missing. I quickly tightend them up and cleaned all the fluid up to check for leaks, luckily it was stopped, I then added about half a litre of fluid back into it . I headed back to the garage in the morning for the missing bolt and to let the mechanic know what had happened. He apologized and immediately put it back on the ramp and put a new bolt into it. As I was coming out of the office I noticed he was just closing the hood and he told me he added another litre of fluid. On my drive home I noticed when shifting into second it hesatates a little and then kinda clunks into second, I never really noticed before as I only have about 50km total at that time put on it. Seemed new to me. Anyway while at the u pick I happend to find a dipstick in a 2003 (mine just had the cap) I put it in when I got home to see if I could get an idea on a fluid level. Now when the engine is cold, it reads to the top of the hot mark. When it is hot, running in neutral it reads half way between hot and cold. Any ideas?
