yoonhahn

Hi I am now trying to change transmission oil, but I couldn't find filler plug.
Please help me find the plug.

Thanks

burny

Dude, if you don't know where the filler plug is, you shouldn't be trying to change it.

burtoncr

1600 posts and that's your response? Remember everyone's gotta start somewhere.

Here's a good thread on replacing the fluid. The second picture shows where the filler is located (passenger side rear above the transmission mount).
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/4th-ge...ling-line.html

zippinbye

Hey, the question wasn't "I drained my fluid, now where's the hole to refill it?" This sounds like prudent dvanced research to me. Maybe we could take it back a notch to "there are no stupid questions." Not asking would be ignorant!

yackowski

It is on the passenger side towards the top half of the transmission.

***Be sure to read the sticky how-to information on transmission fluid changes.

Ali SC3

iTrader: (10)

It's within arm burning distance to the exhaust on the passenger side. wear long sleeves if the car is warmed up.

yoonhahn

Thank you so much for help

Listers

burtoncr

I just did a full ATF exchange yesterday (~13 qts) and didn't touch the filler plug. I only used the drain and overflow plugs to deal with ATF in the pan. To pump out old fluid and pump in new I used the line coming off the top of the auxiliary transmission cooler (it's the small heat exchanger on the driver side in front of the radiator). The hose coming off the top of the auxiliary cooler is the return line directly back to the pan so I disconnected it from the cooler and pumped new fluid into it. I hooked up a clear hose from the nipple on the top of the cooler and ran that to a bucket to pump out the oil fluid.

Ali SC3

iTrader: (10)

^^ good info, I used the fill/overflow plug to pump in fluid the hard way from underneath but you can do it the above way also probably easier.
I did use the cooler line in front of the radiator to drain the pan though each time (repeated the process like 6-7 times at least draining and refilling the pan).

also if you have a 2003, then you should have a dipstick where you can also fill it from slowly. 2004+ they removed the dipstick.

It's not the hardest job but depending how you do it it can be a pain, might be worth it to see how much toyota will do it for.

burtoncr

Also, I believe the 03 uses normal ATF while the 04+ requires Toyota WS ATF (World Standard "lifetime" ATF).