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- 2016.5 CX-5 GT AWD titanium/black 2016 Miata Club ST MT white
Idled for 20 mins nice and hot, shut it off and quickly removed air box to access screw, took reading.
I’m in the middle of trying to remove a stuck pan that seems to be welded on with silicone, tried everything over the last hour, rubber mallet, hitting edges with soft wood and hammer, tried slipping thin scraper tool between seal to get it started and nothing will get in there to break the bond… thinking of going to heat with propane torch but that seems extreme. I don’t know what else to try.
As TheBlooms stated, the engine HAS to be running when checking the trans fluid, just as in EVERY other car out there in the world.
Plus the engine shouldn't be hot, but warm. The consensus on this forum is that running the engine just up to the point of the COLD dash indicator turning off is ~123F and the perfect temp to check the trans fluid.