Trans. Fluid

[HeNry2kOoL]

For my auto '90 camry V6 LE, they say to fill up the transmission with Dexron II fluid in the manual. But as far as I know, most of the fluids today are Dexron III. So is it okay to use Dexron III/Mercon (what's mercon?) labeled fluid and fill/mix it in with my old Dexron II fluid?(if it still is). I'm planning to do a drain and fill soon so how much fluid am I expecting to fill back in?

[DIRTBIKEZ]

Well, I am going to reply even though I am not 100% sure, I have found that if a post tends to go unanswered for a few days, people tends to jump on it especially if there is false/misleading information.

Dextron III replaced Dextron II. I believe Mercon is the name the Ford Motor Company uses.

If you are going to change fluid to different type, you should have transmissioin flushed as well as the filter changed. This process removes all of the fluid from the torque converter and housing; as opposed to a regular drain which only removes roughly half of the fluid.

I know my I4 uses approx 7 quarts dry or 3.5 when the pan is dropped. Check the owners manual, it has all specs in the back.

[EKam]

III is backward compatible to II.