Tacoma transmission 04 ran in water.

Will it need rebuild?

 

Well, the fluid mostly leaked out although I know it was run thru a river.

 

Transmission fluid was not milky , The water ran out, it has also been leaking fluid.

 

Too late it has been driven, It was driven home from the river.

 

“Run through a river.” How deep was the river, 6”, 12”, 18”, more? Why are you concerned? Did water get in the cab?

 

If it still drives then most likely its ok. I would drive it a lot to get the truck components hot enough to drive the water off.

 

If it had water in it it would have been on the bottom of the pan and the trans would have already sucked it up.

 

He means don’t drive it anymore until you change your fluid out. If your not comfortable doing the job take it to whatever service station you like then drive it and see how it goes.

 

Being submerged in water destroyed the auto trans in my 95 4Runner. Changed fluid, was OK for a thousand miles, started slipping and died shortly thereafter.

 

Perhaps do this?

https://youtu.be/RumPXivBlk8

 

Personally I would take it to a shop with a machine and do a real flush if it was working fine before the "incident". I'm going to guess you were not the one that drove it across the river so the actual details are probably a bit sketchy. The water has to be pretty high to get into the transmission. If it was driven in deep water it probably would be a good thing to have someone drain and refill the read diff too.

 

Someday.

 

Just How did we get to this point?

Just what vehicle are we dealing with? 4x4 or 2WD?

Not only the Transmission transfer case and differentials might need looked at

Someone Drove the Truck across a river??

The truck went into the water without help? Early Ice exploring ??

It got out under it`s own power ??

The water was so deep it had to be winched out a few hours days later??