GS4: changed tranny filter, forgot to put magnets back in pan
07-04-07, 08:13 AM
#1
GS4: changed tranny filter, forgot to put magnets back in pan
So I changed the tranny pan "gasket" (which is just some FIPG goo) and filter while I was there, because my tranny pan had a slight seapage at the rear. I took the magnets out to clean them and the pan, and reinstalled the pan without putting the magnets back in. I didn't notice for a good hour later, unfortunately.
Is this a huge problem? I am considering putting a couple of strong magnets on the outside of the pan at the bottom. I don't want to take it off again just to put these back in. I considered cutting them in half, and shoving them up through the drain hole into the pan, but decided against it.
Any suggestions? If I still have this car a year from now, I will likely be getting the VB upgrade anyway. It will see no more than 30k miles by then.
Is this a huge problem? I am considering putting a couple of strong magnets on the outside of the pan at the bottom. I don't want to take it off again just to put these back in. I considered cutting them in half, and shoving them up through the drain hole into the pan, but decided against it.
Any suggestions? If I still have this car a year from now, I will likely be getting the VB upgrade anyway. It will see no more than 30k miles by then.
07-04-07, 08:17 AM
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=290899
I was posting responses to something similar in the LS400 forum.
The last poster there refers to a caulk, perhaps the goo you are referring to. I didn't see that on my RX nor do I see it on a lot of other vehicles my uncle and I work on, but I don't doubt it exists on certain vehicles.
I am going to show a different picture of the pan magnets below comapred to the one I showed in the other thread.
I was posting responses to something similar in the LS400 forum.
The last poster there refers to a caulk, perhaps the goo you are referring to. I didn't see that on my RX nor do I see it on a lot of other vehicles my uncle and I work on, but I don't doubt it exists on certain vehicles.
I am going to show a different picture of the pan magnets below comapred to the one I showed in the other thread.
07-04-07, 08:21 AM
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One more with clean magnets. I think it may be possible to shove a magnet in there.
Additional comment: I have seen so many different placements in tranny pans in different vehicles, including the number of magnets.
The previous accumulation was 15K in the last photo to give you an idea.
Additional comment: I have seen so many different placements in tranny pans in different vehicles, including the number of magnets.
The previous accumulation was 15K in the last photo to give you an idea.
07-04-07, 03:31 PM
#5
are you telling me the magnets go in a specific place in the pan, on top of it? I thought I recalled mine being haphazardly arranged in there when I pulled them out. There were 3 in my pan.
The GS has no gasket, but the edges of the pan are beveled in on both sides of the surface that seals, effectively creating a full gasket when you put it back on and the FIPG squishes into those spaces.
I DID overtighten on bolt on the pan and snapped it, luckily I had purchased one extra bolt since the factory manual lists it as a torque-down bolt that has to be replaced. Turns out it was the same as the other bolts. Had I known, I would have replaced them all.
The GS has no gasket, but the edges of the pan are beveled in on both sides of the surface that seals, effectively creating a full gasket when you put it back on and the FIPG squishes into those spaces.
I DID overtighten on bolt on the pan and snapped it, luckily I had purchased one extra bolt since the factory manual lists it as a torque-down bolt that has to be replaced. Turns out it was the same as the other bolts. Had I known, I would have replaced them all.
07-04-07, 05:44 PM
#6
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are you telling me the magnets go in a specific place in the pan, on top of it? I thought I recalled mine being haphazardly arranged in there when I pulled them out. There were 3 in my pan.
The GS has no gasket, but the edges of the pan are beveled in on both sides of the surface that seals, effectively creating a full gasket when you put it back on and the FIPG squishes into those spaces.
I DID overtighten on bolt on the pan and snapped it, luckily I had purchased one extra bolt since the factory manual lists it as a torque-down bolt that has to be replaced. Turns out it was the same as the other bolts. Had I known, I would have replaced them all.
The GS has no gasket, but the edges of the pan are beveled in on both sides of the surface that seals, effectively creating a full gasket when you put it back on and the FIPG squishes into those spaces.
I DID overtighten on bolt on the pan and snapped it, luckily I had purchased one extra bolt since the factory manual lists it as a torque-down bolt that has to be replaced. Turns out it was the same as the other bolts. Had I known, I would have replaced them all.
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