Type T IV or mobil 1
01-19-08, 03:21 AM
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01-19-08, 06:17 PM
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impressive pics for a 1992. You hit the jackpot.
01-19-08, 09:09 PM
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thank you Kingofire. My friends here will have it painted anew and put some body kits. They're planning to include the car in a show here.That way I'll be practically spending nothing to improve the car's looks.I'll post pics so I can get suggestions from members . They's start next month
01-20-08, 04:01 PM
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You can order some from e-bay or the Amsoil website....not sure what the cost would be however.
If you can't find any, nothing wrong with sticking with Dexron III stuff I guess or Toyota Type IV fluid.
If you can't find any, nothing wrong with sticking with Dexron III stuff I guess or Toyota Type IV fluid.
01-20-08, 05:04 PM
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Amsoil is a major PITA and enormous $$$ to get delivered overseas unless you are a diplomat (I met a guy here who does that).
However, the Amsoil ATF is definitely excellent stuff.
However, the Amsoil ATF is definitely excellent stuff.
01-20-08, 05:47 PM
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hi "1992 ES 300 5 Speed "..the car runs like it's brand new. still so silent inside and with gracious power on the road.
LEXMEX, what's a major PITA?
LEXMEX, what's a major PITA?
01-21-08, 06:37 AM
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Amsoil is a nice company (great products), but until they get their act together and start offering overseas like the rest of the major oil companies, it is going to be a tough sell to try to convince someone to have something shipped, pay taxes and on top of that you are already paying a bit more than other lubricants.
I know Canada where my colleague Lexusfreak is, readily has Amsoil. I have also seen it in Jamaica and managed to convince someone at the shop where I got my Harrier emblem to use the Amsoil ATF in his Toyota Harrier (yes they have the Harrier in Jamaica) in lieu of Type IV.
But as to the rest of the world it is a great mystery.
I have written too many times on CL of the headaches it takes for one to import their own lubricants down here, fortunatley the Amsoil ATF is the only thing now lacking.
In my six years in Mexico, Royal Purple and now Redline have opened up distributors here. In fact, I am using a Redline 10W40 at the moment and have been using Royal Purple 75W90 gear fluid. We now even have AutoZone here (not a complete range of lubricants), but I can find also Redline's WaterWetter and their Fuel System Cleaner. Even something like ATE SuperBlue brake fluid I can now pick up at either a distributor or at any BMW dealer. BMW is also nice enough to offer the fine German Castrol 0W30, which is my favorite oil thus far. I have even tried Liqui Moly (Lubro Moly in the U.S.) products down here, and they have the central distributor 5 minuetes from my office.
Now, I have known of diplomatic couple down here who eventually took 2 beautiful Toyota Harriers to Brazil and you know what ATF they dumped in, Mobil 1 ATF. I never heard the long term of using this and emails to them ended up unanswered, but that was always something I wondered, but the two fluids have slightly different specs, even though Mobil also makes the Toyota Type IV, which is the same as Mobil's 3309 ATF.
http://www.mobil.com//USA-English/Lu...thetic_ATF.asp
http://www.mobil.com/USA-English/Lub...l_ATF_3309.asp
Royal Purple now claims to offer an ATF that meets the Type IV specs,
http://www.synerlec.com/transmission-chart.html (and then click on where it says Automatic Transmissions and Toyota will show up).
I might be a guinea pig enough to try that Royal Purple in my RX, but it would cost me almost $300 USD ($20 USD a liter here) for the three drain and fills I would need, no thanks, so I just change out the Type IV I can get at Toyota here on a more frequent occasion and at a good price of around $4 USD a liter locally (tax included), even though I really don't like the stuff.
I know Canada where my colleague Lexusfreak is, readily has Amsoil. I have also seen it in Jamaica and managed to convince someone at the shop where I got my Harrier emblem to use the Amsoil ATF in his Toyota Harrier (yes they have the Harrier in Jamaica) in lieu of Type IV.
But as to the rest of the world it is a great mystery.
I have written too many times on CL of the headaches it takes for one to import their own lubricants down here, fortunatley the Amsoil ATF is the only thing now lacking.
In my six years in Mexico, Royal Purple and now Redline have opened up distributors here. In fact, I am using a Redline 10W40 at the moment and have been using Royal Purple 75W90 gear fluid. We now even have AutoZone here (not a complete range of lubricants), but I can find also Redline's WaterWetter and their Fuel System Cleaner. Even something like ATE SuperBlue brake fluid I can now pick up at either a distributor or at any BMW dealer. BMW is also nice enough to offer the fine German Castrol 0W30, which is my favorite oil thus far. I have even tried Liqui Moly (Lubro Moly in the U.S.) products down here, and they have the central distributor 5 minuetes from my office.
Now, I have known of diplomatic couple down here who eventually took 2 beautiful Toyota Harriers to Brazil and you know what ATF they dumped in, Mobil 1 ATF. I never heard the long term of using this and emails to them ended up unanswered, but that was always something I wondered, but the two fluids have slightly different specs, even though Mobil also makes the Toyota Type IV, which is the same as Mobil's 3309 ATF.
http://www.mobil.com//USA-English/Lu...thetic_ATF.asp
http://www.mobil.com/USA-English/Lub...l_ATF_3309.asp
Royal Purple now claims to offer an ATF that meets the Type IV specs,
http://www.synerlec.com/transmission-chart.html (and then click on where it says Automatic Transmissions and Toyota will show up).
I might be a guinea pig enough to try that Royal Purple in my RX, but it would cost me almost $300 USD ($20 USD a liter here) for the three drain and fills I would need, no thanks, so I just change out the Type IV I can get at Toyota here on a more frequent occasion and at a good price of around $4 USD a liter locally (tax included), even though I really don't like the stuff.
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oh PITA..ok now I know hehehe. hmm im intrigue with this amsoil. I think i´ll go through the PITA experience and find a way to have it for my es300. How many liters do I need?