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Transmission oil change

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Tacomaislife, Dec 26, 2019.

  1. Dec 26, 2019 at 5:03 PM
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    Tacomaislife

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    How do i do a transmission fluid I saw somthing about taking a hose of the coolent system to flush it
     
  2. Dec 26, 2019 at 7:18 PM
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  3. Dec 26, 2019 at 7:34 PM
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  4. Dec 27, 2019 at 10:01 AM
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  5. Dec 27, 2019 at 10:15 AM
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    I wouldn't bother changing the filter. It's just a fine mesh metal screen that only gets clogged if the transmission was really abused and sludge was able to build up in the transmission. To renew the fluid, you can do it all at once with a flush or you could do a series of drain and refills back to back (do a drain and refill, fill it up, start the engine and repeat this process a couple more times) or spread out each drain and refill out over a certain about of miles, say 500 miles. Drain and refills are a dilution process but they will do a good job at getting your fluid back in good shape. The advantage of drain and refills is they are very simple to do. Take out a drain plug, put the plug back in with a fresh crush washer and refill the trans. A full flush is a little more labor intensive but it does get the fluid completely renewed with very little residual old fluid left inside the transmission.

    By the way, I'm the guy who made the videos linked above.
     
  6. Dec 27, 2019 at 11:52 AM
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    Thanks your videos are so helpfuI am very grateful for your video's they have really helped me out thank u
     
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  7. Dec 29, 2019 at 10:14 AM
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    Hello I took off the return line like in the video to do flush and it just keeps on draining out my good fluid

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