New to us 2010

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by kimona

Oh, that's very nice. Looks great!

She's got a few door dings on the passenger side. But that's perfect for a young driver anyway.

Did a pan drop and filter change on the transmission the other day and completed a second drain and fill this morning. Fresh Valvoline MaxLife added in each time. In a few days I will do a 3rd DAF. That should net me almost completely new fluid.

Not sure if this transmission has ever been serviced. I'm going to say no. The fluid had a bit of pink to it still. At the most it might of had a DAF. But the pan has never been off.

Was very pleased when I did drop the pan. It had very little contamination in it and the magnets were pretty clean.

The serpentine belt? Easy on paper. Not so much when you have big wide hands though.

[sickpuppy1]

Originally Posted by Billiam

She's got a few door dings on the passenger side. But that's perfect for a young driver anyway.

Did a pan drop and filter change on the transmission the other day and completed a second drain and fill this morning. Fresh Valvoline MaxLife added in each time. In a few days I will do a 3rd DAF. That should net me almost completely new fluid.

Not sure if this transmission has ever been serviced. I'm going to say no. The fluid had a bit of pink to it still. At the most it might of had a DAF. But the pan has never been off.

Was very pleased when I did drop the pan. It had very little contamination in it and the magnets were pretty clean.

The serpentine belt? Easy on paper. Not so much when you have big wide hands though.

It sure as heck wont hurt anything, but I think there's a sticker on the tranny dipstick saying it should never need to be changed,fyi. If you used toyota trans fluid, shouldnt need to do it again for life of car.

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by sickpuppy1

It sure as heck wont hurt anything, but I think there's a sticker on the tranny dipstick saying it should never need to be changed,fyi. If you used toyota trans fluid, shouldnt need to do it again for life of car.

Yeah...Toyota claims it doesn't need to be replaced under "normal driving conditions". But with a 126k on the clock and not having all it's service history I thought it prudent to do so.

Simple procedure and not expensive either. Paid $20 for the filter and pan gasket. MaxLife is an excellent WS substitute as it has the same viscosity as WS but contains conditioners to help older, high mileage transmissions. It can be had for about $5 a quart.

Finished up the 3rd drain and fill the other day. No problems to report