So, I was working on my car today and while I was in there, decided to check everything out. I've had it in the shop a couple times for various reasons at a couple different places. Anyway, I check the transmission fluid and it looks like it's sky high!! Could this just be an anomaly or is this really screwed up? On the stick, it appears that I have twice as much fluid as I should have and the car hadn't been driven for days! I was in shock. So I took it for a drive and read it again and it's still the same. Pull it out and the fluids dripping off it like crazy. It read on the stick a few inches past the hot mark.
I'm afraid that it could have been like this for a long time. The last time I had the tranny flushed was a few years ago. They could have left too much in. Or, a shop I went to could have added more when I didn't need it. I've never added any tranny fluid to it. I did the last oil change myself but the one before I had it done. I'm very concerned about this now. What do you do if you have too much tranny fluid in there?
Wish I would have checked this a long time ago.

 

Transmission fluid is measured while the car is running.

Was the car running when you checked? For some reason, I doubt it.
Crank it and check it.

 

Ok. That might be it. It wasn't running at the time. It's still hard to believe it would show that much even with the car off.

 

It will cuz its not flowing through the converter & valve body. half of the Tq converter drains out into the pan.
Check it running, hot, in park / neutral. Drive for for about 5-10 minutes then check it and see what u get.
Cold it will read a little low usually