60K Mile Maintenance

[YarisSedan]

Originally Posted by R2D2

And in my opinion you will be better off for it. IIRC my manual doesn't even mention checking the fluid until 100 or 120k. I checked mine 4 miles up the road from the dealer the day I drove it off the lot..

I will do relatively frequent drain and fills. They are very inexpensive insurance for the DIYer. "Lifetime Fills" have more to do with marketing than engineering and anyone in their automotive relationship for the long haul would be well served by a little service once in a while.

R2

You cant do drain and fill on our transmission. They specifically state that the new type of transmission fluid in our cars can not be mixed with used/new has to be 100 percent replaced IE use a transmission flush machine.

Also draining the transmission only gets out about 3-4 quarts. The torque converters on our cars probally hold another 9-10 more quarts. So you are just diluting it. Its still going to be dirty. Put it this way. Take a cup of water. And put some mud in it. Its going to look brown. Then drain only a quarter of the water out and fill it with fresh clean water. Its still going to look brown. You wouldnt want to drink it until its 100 percent poored out and refilled with fresh clean water.