RX 300 Trans. Filter
#17
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Once again there are trade-offs
Max size of solid captured vs flow
So the best filters almost choke the supply.
If you switch to paper (element) filter, remember to change is frequently.
Salim
Max size of solid captured vs flow
So the best filters almost choke the supply.
If you switch to paper (element) filter, remember to change is frequently.
Salim
#19
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Some will say this is over kill, but I suggest twice a year. Spring and fall. Thats how I do mine,keeps the fluid nice and red. (btw) I use the Castrol foreign car fluid,works best in my trans.
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If you have a paper filter now and drain and fill twice a year, I would probably replace it every 20k or so. Just my opinion.
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Dropping the pan and replacing the filter twice a year would be overkill to me, but a drain and fill is too easy to pass up. I do it with every oil change now.
If you have a paper filter now and drain and fill twice a year, I would probably replace it every 20k or so. Just my opinion.
If you have a paper filter now and drain and fill twice a year, I would probably replace it every 20k or so. Just my opinion.
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Dropping the pan and replacing the filter twice a year would be overkill to me, but a drain and fill is too easy to pass up. I do it with every oil change now.
If you have a paper filter now and drain and fill twice a year, I would probably replace it every 20k or so. Just my opinion.
If you have a paper filter now and drain and fill twice a year, I would probably replace it every 20k or so. Just my opinion.
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Unohoo, are you stuck in traffic a lot? if you are,you may want to consider an atv fan on your trans. cooler. I would like to do this @ some point,the only thing holding me back is, I havent figured out yet how to wire it to only come on when it needs to. (temp sensor)
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in roughly 2 weeks my commute should only be 2 days a week and the rest of the time will be easy driving in a small town in western maryland. Not sure if that would constitute installing a cooler for it, prolly wouldve been a good idea 2 years ago but since im moving away from the high traffic stop n go not so sure that its all that necessary ya know? what do you think?
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well currently it takes me almost an hour to go 14 miles back and forth to work buuuuut im moving in 2 weeks and im not sure how that route is going to be, eventually (within 6 months) i should have to drive to DC for work anymore, so no more rush hour
in roughly 2 weeks my commute should only be 2 days a week and the rest of the time will be easy driving in a small town in western maryland. Not sure if that would constitute installing a cooler for it, prolly wouldve been a good idea 2 years ago but since im moving away from the high traffic stop n go not so sure that its all that necessary ya know? what do you think?
in roughly 2 weeks my commute should only be 2 days a week and the rest of the time will be easy driving in a small town in western maryland. Not sure if that would constitute installing a cooler for it, prolly wouldve been a good idea 2 years ago but since im moving away from the high traffic stop n go not so sure that its all that necessary ya know? what do you think?
#28
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After replacing my windshield washer pump, I had to pull back the inner fender well plastic back to get to it. And the trans cooler is right their, It doesn`t look like too much room to mount a cooler fan in that small space.
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With the reservoir there, it would be kind of hard. I just removed the reservoir entirely to help the flow of air to the transmission cooler.
#30
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Lexus- I bought about 4 computer fans a short while back to use for just this type of purpose. Fry's had them on a 2 day sale for $5. ea, normally $13. They are not a cyclone but they are nice fans and put out a nice flow of air. They are about 4 or 5 in. fans. They are nice and thin and would fit in that narrow area. Computers use a 12V fan so they work fine for automotive. I would probably just wire them to a rocker switch, but there are a number of ways you could do it. Probably not real easy to wire to run automatic but you could piggy back them onto the fan or the secondary fan that runs when the A/C is on. I would run some 26Ga. wire and an LED inside so you knew when they were on. They draw almost NO juice so it's no problem piggy backing them. They are actually a 2 speed fan and come with the switch but I can't imagine you would ever use the low speed.
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