93 Camry XLE V6 Transmission jerks - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

azcat90 · 02-23-2011, 04:18 PM

My 93 Camry XLE V6 lurches forward too quickly when I shift to drive - I have to make sure I brake hard while shifting into drive so I don't lose control exiting my garage. Seems to have enough fluid in it - I just bought it in December so I don't know the maintenance history for the transmission - it has 130K miles. Any advice is appreciated. It has a 3VZ-FE engine and is Japan-built.

bigbird · 02-23-2011, 04:36 PM

any issues in gear? low idle? sound?

pmesfun · 02-23-2011, 04:59 PM

I would start with draining and dropping the pan on the transmission and drain the differential. Get a filter kit(i.e. Wix) and drain fluid at every oil change, until red/clean.

khanhstar · 02-24-2011, 12:29 AM

yo same car same engine same problem. solution.
check your idle. and your hoses going to you radiator

azcat90 · 02-25-2011, 07:39 AM

It is idling at about 1300 when I first start it... I'll check it out.

azcat90 · 02-25-2011, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by bigbird

any issues in gear? low idle? sound?

I don't notice any gear issues, shifting, etc... I was testing it yesterday and what it really does is hesitate for about a second after I shift from P to D before it enagages the wheels. I'm going to try checking the idle and the hoses going into the bottom of the radiator and also do the xmssion fluid - I'll have to educate myself on the differential thing.

azcat90 · 04-05-2011, 10:49 AM

I dropped the pan and changed the gasket, filter cartridge and replaced the fluid that drained out. Thanks to NAPA guy for selling me the 10mm hex socket five minutes after they closed. There is some improvement. I think I can live with it now - I am going to drain and replace fluid again this weekend since it was so brown. It's also too high up the dip stick so I think I'm only going to put back 2 quarts this time. 3 quarts drains out when I pull the plug out. I'm told that too much fluid could blow the seals.

No idea where to find the differential - I looked but could not find the bolts shown on the toyotapartszone.com diagram.

***Silent Runner*** · 04-05-2011, 10:59 PM

Differential is the finned thin on the drivers side of the transaxle, to the right of the driverside axle housing. Drain is on bottom, filler plug a ways up on the side of the housing facing the back of the car. You will need you hex socket again to open the fill plug, and its a tight space. so a big socket wrench won't fit over it. I just used a small wrench on the hex part (and a hammer), to open it. You will also need a pump to refill it, or some tubeing to gravity feed the refill. Holds about 0.8 qts. Oh ya, careful not to drop all the washers into your drain pan like I did - got to do it twice.

***JohnGD*** · 04-06-2011, 01:09 AM

Just want to make sure it's check with engine running after shifting through all gears and end up in Park, right?

Too high an idle speed will do that, it's like you're stepping on gas while shifting.

Autozone shows 3.3 qts transmission and 1.5 qt differential.

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Originally Posted by azcat90

I dropped the pan and changed the gasket, filter cartridge and replaced the fluid that drained out. Thanks to NAPA guy for selling me the 10mm hex socket five minutes after they closed. There is some improvement. I think I can live with it now - I am going to drain and replace fluid again this weekend since it was so brown. It's also too high up the dip stick so I think I'm only going to put back 2 quarts this time. 3 quarts drains out when I pull the plug out. I'm told that too much fluid could blow the seals.

No idea where to find the differential - I looked but could not find the bolts shown on the toyotapartszone.com diagram.