Transmission fluid, draining & flushing (The Mother thread)
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Did you flush it or drain n fill or full fluid replacement?
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Has anyone tried using Lucasoil in the trans with the factory fluid 20% lucas / 80% factory fluid ? Or does that have the same catastrophic effect as using a synthetic trans oil?
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When taking the tranny drain pan cover off to get to the filter, will that seal need to be replaced (under normal wear conditions)? Also, I was told that the filter could be just CLEANED, and that replacement was not necessary. Any truth to this?
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If you change the transmission oil (2 QTS) when you change the motor oil when should you change the transmission filter and is there one to change?
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YES!! Make sure you only use Toyota/Lexus Fluid! I think its type IV
I did not take any chances I had the dealer do it for $160 bucks. The dealer is a rip off buy I did not want to take any chances, with someone screwing it up.
I did not take any chances I had the dealer do it for $160 bucks. The dealer is a rip off buy I did not want to take any chances, with someone screwing it up.
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$160.00, bro, I think you did get ripped off. I just bought the transmission filter at Advance Auto Part for $38.00. If you check out the LexLS Tutorial on changing the Trans filter you can see is a pretty easy job. You can do it yourself or have a mechanic do it for less than fifty dollars.
I just cleaned power steering Solenoid and changed one of the O2 Sensors for 30 dollars. I Showed the mechanic the LexLS tutorial and he went from there. Everyhting took lass than an hour. I think we spent more time viewing the tutorials to make sure we knew what we were doing.
A lot of the maintanance can be done by a local mechanic, however, that is if you trust your mechanic to do it and if you dont mind getting a litte dirty yourself.
I just cleaned power steering Solenoid and changed one of the O2 Sensors for 30 dollars. I Showed the mechanic the LexLS tutorial and he went from there. Everyhting took lass than an hour. I think we spent more time viewing the tutorials to make sure we knew what we were doing.
A lot of the maintanance can be done by a local mechanic, however, that is if you trust your mechanic to do it and if you dont mind getting a litte dirty yourself.
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Yes it is very easy to do.. I did mine about two days ago.. i just bought the transmission fulid from Kragen Autoparts.. I bought 8 quarts.. it cost me $27.00 for all eight.. I did the drain and refil twice.. i drained everything. refill it then drove for 20 minutes and repeat the drain and fill cycle.
Question: Is there any fully synthetic transmission fluid we can use?
Thank you..
Question: Is there any fully synthetic transmission fluid we can use?
Thank you..
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Yes it is very easy to do.. I did mine about two days ago.. i just bought the transmission fulid from Kragen Autoparts.. I bought 8 quarts.. it cost me $27.00 for all eight.. I did the drain and refil twice.. i drained everything. refill it then drove for 20 minutes and repeat the drain and fill cycle.
Question: Is there any fully synthetic transmission fluid we can use?
Thank you..
Question: Is there any fully synthetic transmission fluid we can use?
Thank you..
You HAVE to use Toyota T-IV fluid, which can ONLY be bought from a dealership.
sounds like u used regular old Dexron/Mercon fluid, you HAVE to flush it NOW, the transmission can be easily damaged if you dont, also you will experience MAJOR transmission glitches.