09-25-2013, 02:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-25-2013, 03:12 PM by Tugboatcap.)
Dee,
Most of the new "Sealed" transmissions are good for 100,000 miles +, some even as much as 150,000 before they need servicing and most use what they refer to as WS Fluid (World Standard) in these high mileage "sealed" transmissions..
Unless you suspect the car was driven hard in the first 30 something thousand miles, I'd leave it alone and refer to the suggested change mileage in the service manual. Some automobiles you even need a diagnostic unit plugged in to the ODBC port under your dash that senses the transmission temperature so that you top it off with the engine running at the exact temperature and no hotter or colder.
You fill the transmission, after a change, as full as you can cold with the engine off and then crank it. Then when the precise fluid temp is reached, you crawl back under and add more fluid until the point the fluid just starts overflowing fill plug. You put the plug back in, shift it from Park down through Drive and down to 1st gear and back through to park and then crawl BACK under and top it off one more time. Pain in the ass!
My Land Rover has a "Sealed" transmission and you fill it from underneath the truck (with the plug being just about 3" from the exhaust "Y" pipe - OUCH) with a hand pump and tube while the fluid is cold and the engine is running, until it overflows the side fill plug. You then pull the tube out and put the plug back in quick as hell to keep the dripping fluid from making a mess...And don't EVER forget and shut the engine off with the plug still out! (I speak from experience here!) as you will loose about 2 quarts of fluid onto the driveway! BIG MESS!
My wife's Toyota 4Runner requires you to put a dummy plug that has a few terminals shorted into the ODBC Port and when the transmission reaches the proper temp, it dings the chime in the car 2 times. You then pull the fill plug, engine running, and check the level and add if necessary. If the temp gets too high, it dings 3 times and you have to reinstall the plug and shut the engine off and wait for the fluid to cool down and start the process again (chime dings 1 time when its cooler than needed). Toyota recommends 120,000 MINIMUM on their 4Runner transmissions, and then only if you've done a lot of towing with it. Her's had 110,000 on it when I did hers and the fluid looked just like brand new. I should have left it alone for another 50,000 miles. Toyota's WS fluid is EXPENSIVE so you don't want to change it very often.
Most of the new "Sealed" transmissions are good for 100,000 miles +, some even as much as 150,000 before they need servicing and most use what they refer to as WS Fluid (World Standard) in these high mileage "sealed" transmissions..
Unless you suspect the car was driven hard in the first 30 something thousand miles, I'd leave it alone and refer to the suggested change mileage in the service manual. Some automobiles you even need a diagnostic unit plugged in to the ODBC port under your dash that senses the transmission temperature so that you top it off with the engine running at the exact temperature and no hotter or colder.
You fill the transmission, after a change, as full as you can cold with the engine off and then crank it. Then when the precise fluid temp is reached, you crawl back under and add more fluid until the point the fluid just starts overflowing fill plug. You put the plug back in, shift it from Park down through Drive and down to 1st gear and back through to park and then crawl BACK under and top it off one more time. Pain in the ass!
My Land Rover has a "Sealed" transmission and you fill it from underneath the truck (with the plug being just about 3" from the exhaust "Y" pipe - OUCH) with a hand pump and tube while the fluid is cold and the engine is running, until it overflows the side fill plug. You then pull the tube out and put the plug back in quick as hell to keep the dripping fluid from making a mess...And don't EVER forget and shut the engine off with the plug still out! (I speak from experience here!) as you will loose about 2 quarts of fluid onto the driveway! BIG MESS!
My wife's Toyota 4Runner requires you to put a dummy plug that has a few terminals shorted into the ODBC Port and when the transmission reaches the proper temp, it dings the chime in the car 2 times. You then pull the fill plug, engine running, and check the level and add if necessary. If the temp gets too high, it dings 3 times and you have to reinstall the plug and shut the engine off and wait for the fluid to cool down and start the process again (chime dings 1 time when its cooler than needed). Toyota recommends 120,000 MINIMUM on their 4Runner transmissions, and then only if you've done a lot of towing with it. Her's had 110,000 on it when I did hers and the fluid looked just like brand new. I should have left it alone for another 50,000 miles. Toyota's WS fluid is EXPENSIVE so you don't want to change it very often.
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