Trans

Here's what I recommend...
Do an image search on "ATF WS UOA" and go to the linked sites.
Read up on intervals people are using, what wear metals and silicon are being observed and shearing.

I'm going to do a full flush at 3 year/30,000 miles and monitor at 10,000 mile intervals...ymmv.

 

Different ways can work of course.

For those relaxing with popcorn!:

I recently did the transmission fluid on a 2008 Corolla for a friend last month. Fluid was nasty looking with over 80,000 miles on it.
Drained a few quarts. Measured it, and then refilled that amount with new fluid. Checked dipstick.
Drove it around the neighborhood.
Back in garage, drained a few quarts, measured, refilled, checked.
Drove it.
Repeated one more time.
Most of the fluid is changed out this way and it was looking nice and bright red on the dipstick.
This was a lot cheaper than what the dealer quoted and saved him some dollars. He purchased 2 gallons of Valvoline synthetic fluid and I had a few quarts leftover from checking and topping off my Tacoma.

More entertainment for you!

I’m not recommending as I’ve never tried this way, but it’s seems like this would be easy enough.

Another method I read suggested to get perhaps 16 quarts of transmission fluid and put it in a 5 gallon bucket.
Pin open the transmission thermostat.
Attach a clear hose onto the transmission inlet line at the front of the vehicle. Place hose into 5 gallon bucket with 16 qts. of new fluid.
Put a clear hose on the transmission outlet line and run it into an empty 5 gallon bucket.
Run the vehicle until just before your new fluid bucket is empty.
It’s easy to take the grill off of the Tacoma so you could easily disconnect the trans cooler lines.

I suppose if you were worried about air getting into your line after the changeover you could place the buckets above bumper level.

I’ve never tried that but it seems like that might be an easy way to do it yourself. And more fun than taking it to the dealer!

 

Sounds feasible...might have to pin the thermostat though.

 

Thats still not a transmission flush, thats an extensive and repeated drain and fill.

 

If you're talking above the steps the guy posted above thats still NOT a flush, thats a repeated drain and fill and not by the book according to toyota. But sure you guys know better than toyota engineers I forgot this is TW.

 

Please post the "by the book" citation please.

 

No bud I pulled pan, replaced filter and flushed all of the old fluid out bub.

 

Call up any toyota service adviser ask them if they offer a transmission FLUSH.

Its really just semantics... by definition you can't flush a transmission without a dipstick as there's nothing to pump new fluid into!

On first gen tacomas they literally hook it up to a machine that FLUSHES out the old fluid while simultaneously pumping in new fluid, so you literally FLUSH out the old fluid.

Without a dip stick its, by definition, a drain and fill. Now you can do that repeatedly and call it a "flush", but its not. The machine toyota dealers use for flushes is not compatible with sealed transmissions.

 

You don't pull the pan when you're flushing a transmission lol... thats called a drain and fill... bub

 

Pulled the pan, replaced the filter and gasket and did a full flush bro.

 

Unless you used one of these:


Then it was NOT a flush... but if it makes you feel better about yourself call it whatever you want

 

Man you are stupid, every bit of the old fluid was removed. Read.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ansmission-on-my-2nd-gen-v6-pic-heavy.511913/

 

They will gladly take my money and perform a 'flush'; what that entails is anyone's guess and will vary from dealer to dealer. I had one performed on my '07 at 30,000.
I knew you wouldn't post the procedure because of Toyota's claims of being 'sealed', 'lifetime', 'non-servicable'; there is no official Toyota procedure.

Humor me...
How does the fill hole differ from a dipstick tube, in regards to filling the transmission?
What is the standard machine Toyota dealers use? Pressurized? Non-pressurized?
How does a machine differ in the way it cycles in and out transmission fluid when compared to diy procedures?

 

hahah by your logic I "flush" my engine oil everytime I change my oil!

I think I'll try that whenever I sell my truck "engine has been FLUSHED every 5k!"

 

What a tool. The pump sprayer flushes all of the old fluid out and replaces it with new fluid...at the end of the process only new red fluid is coming out of the trans cooler line. Now go do your homework.

 

"pump sprayer" LOL.

I drained all my old oil, hell I even ran a heavy detergent oil in between "flushes" on my 2nd gen. I got out ALL the old oil, voila its a flush!

I shoulda charged more when I sold my 2nd gen I me who else flushes their engine every 5k

 

That would nice. When an engine is new the oil stays clear for quite some time . When it has over , say 15K on it , the day after an oil change it is black again . At this time I had always wanted to fill an engine with new oil and run it for a short time and then refill with new oil again to see it it would stay clear for longer again . A good flushing would be cool for the engine oil also . Then again , I was one of the people that bought a Preluber system for a new truck years ago lol. (still a good idea in my mind for a vehicle that sits unused for a while )

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/diy-full-flush-for-automatic-transmission.68462/

Learn boy

 

So you pull the pan on oil changes? Wierd....