3rd Gen MT Drain Plug

Should the drain plug be magnetic? That’s what I’ve seen in the past with it the vehicles and certainly what I was expecting. The MT drain and fill plugs appear to be identical however, and neither are magnetic. I just wanted to double check that before reinstalling.

 

Toyota installs a magnet deep inside the transmission, it can’t be cleaned or serviced w/o breaking down the transmission.

Adding magnetic drain and fill plugs certainly won’t hurt. I add them to various locations.

 

Yeah, not magnetic. Never had a single shaving on my drain plug and I’ve pulled it numerous times.

 

Thanks y’all. I figured they knew what they were doing when they assembled it, but I’ve seen stranger things

 

FWIW, I went with motocraft

$34 xt-m5-qs full synthetic manual transmission fluid - 1 quart , black

xt-m5-qs. It definitely feels better than before. This could be just because it is simply new gear oil, but I’ve seen this stuff work miracles in troubled transmission before. Back when I used to have a Miata, the online community called it “unicorn tears”.