View Single Post
Old 05-05-2008, 06:42 AM   #10
Brucelee
Registered User
 
Brucelee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Des Moines, IA
Posts: 8,083
Quote:
Originally Posted by JCL12
ATF = ? What would the difference be in these two fluids in terms of appearance, color, consistency, etc? I put a newspaper under the car once to collet the drippings and it seemed like motor oil to me.

ATF should appear less viscous and usually is a color, red or green. It also tends to be less dirty than oil, so if its oil, it will look black and dirty.

Smell wise, ATF usually is more pungent also.
__________________
Rich Belloff

Brucelee is offline   Reply With Quote