Anyone who has a source of technical knowledge would be of great help in relieving some anxiety over what happened today.
My dad is a senior citizen and owns a 2003 Saturn Vue V6 AWD. This is the Aisin AF33 transmission which is more reliable than the CVT one which was plagued with tranny failure. I tell you this only so you know the exact transmission we are dealing with. A mechanic and I were working on my dad's 2003 Saturn Vue with the AF33.
We did an ATF drain and fill. The ATF dipstick is a cheap yellow plastic one and the ATF dipstick is located in a horrible spot in my opinion. I have read many complaints about the location on the Saturn Fans forum. Anyways, when rechecking that we had the correct ATF level the tip of this plastic dipstick BROKE OFF and went down the dipstick hole. The size of this plastic piece is at most 3/4" in size.
All I can think of was here I am trying to help my dad and I might have just made things worse. The mechanic seemed to not worry about it and stated that there is a screen which would catch this so as not to allow a constriction of ATF flow or worse. Can anyone who has technical knowledge or knows someone who does on this make/model tell me if this is true?
The mechanic is an honest one by numerous accounts, but I am so worried that it might cause big problems for my dad. I did call a GM service station and the "foreman" researched this further for me and stated he is 99% sure there is a screen designed to catch things so they are not introduced into the transmission gears/clutch pack, etc. Not sure why they could not tell me with certainty? I tried finding a diagram of the AT design/parts diagram to see if there is a screen, yet one was not to be found online in my search at least.
THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME.
My dad is a senior citizen and owns a 2003 Saturn Vue V6 AWD. This is the Aisin AF33 transmission which is more reliable than the CVT one which was plagued with tranny failure. I tell you this only so you know the exact transmission we are dealing with. A mechanic and I were working on my dad's 2003 Saturn Vue with the AF33.
We did an ATF drain and fill. The ATF dipstick is a cheap yellow plastic one and the ATF dipstick is located in a horrible spot in my opinion. I have read many complaints about the location on the Saturn Fans forum. Anyways, when rechecking that we had the correct ATF level the tip of this plastic dipstick BROKE OFF and went down the dipstick hole. The size of this plastic piece is at most 3/4" in size.
All I can think of was here I am trying to help my dad and I might have just made things worse. The mechanic seemed to not worry about it and stated that there is a screen which would catch this so as not to allow a constriction of ATF flow or worse. Can anyone who has technical knowledge or knows someone who does on this make/model tell me if this is true?
The mechanic is an honest one by numerous accounts, but I am so worried that it might cause big problems for my dad. I did call a GM service station and the "foreman" researched this further for me and stated he is 99% sure there is a screen designed to catch things so they are not introduced into the transmission gears/clutch pack, etc. Not sure why they could not tell me with certainty? I tried finding a diagram of the AT design/parts diagram to see if there is a screen, yet one was not to be found online in my search at least.
THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME.
