Transmission Fluid
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So I decided to check my tranny fluid along w/ oil this morning and when I pull out my tranny fluid and put a couple drops on a white paper towel it turns out to be a dark purplish color..
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I was reading up and I read that it's suppose to be a light red color.. I don't think it'd go bad already considering I just did a tranny flush about 2 months ago. Maybe less than that.
I drive a '98 GS300 and the fluid that I used after my flush was the one the owners manual states to use.. Fluid type T-IV..
Anyone care to shed some light on this? Think I need to do another flush or ???
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I was reading up and I read that it's suppose to be a light red color.. I don't think it'd go bad already considering I just did a tranny flush about 2 months ago. Maybe less than that.
I drive a '98 GS300 and the fluid that I used after my flush was the one the owners manual states to use.. Fluid type T-IV..
Anyone care to shed some light on this? Think I need to do another flush or ???
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as stated above flush is about 12 quarts not 2. the good is that all the fluid is removed and the fluid will be cherry red. The downside (from what ive heard/read) is that itll dislodge some of the gunk in the tranny and mess up the insides?
its up to you really.
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drain and fill will only get u a bit.
go to a toyota/lexus dealership and ask for a low pressure tranny fluid flush. should take up to an hour, and take up to 12L of tranny fluid. majority of the tranny fluid is in the torque converter, which a drain and fill cannot take out.
go to a toyota/lexus dealership and ask for a low pressure tranny fluid flush. should take up to an hour, and take up to 12L of tranny fluid. majority of the tranny fluid is in the torque converter, which a drain and fill cannot take out.
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Thanks for all the reply's guys! ![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Think i'll hit up my closest Lexus dealer and do a low pressure tranny flush.. Will call in the next couple of days to get a quote on how much it might cost..
McKrevice: My car has 141k miles.. What do you recommend doing?
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Think i'll hit up my closest Lexus dealer and do a low pressure tranny flush.. Will call in the next couple of days to get a quote on how much it might cost..
McKrevice: My car has 141k miles.. What do you recommend doing?
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I have never done a full evac on my Ford Escort winter beater, just 3 drain and fills for the past 100k miles and after I do one it runs fine. I did do a full evac with Amsoil on my 2000 GS400 in 2008, but it only had 34,000 on it at the time.
This might be an urban legend, but I have heard of this for years.
Someone with more knowledge will chime in I'm sure.