If the transaxle has a drain plug (and not a pan), it's probably a manual transmission. It takes exactly 2 quarts on a re-fill. I just did mine, with Redline MT-90. Nice improvement in shift feel.
The Redline MT-90 is about $15/quart shipped. So it's not expensive when you consider the longevity of it. Still, if you prefer regular petroleum fluid, it's 75W-90 GL-4 that you need.
The automatic does have a drain plug, it is a 14mm hex head plug using a crush washer. 13 ft/lb is the torque spec.
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The washer isn't attached so be careful when draining the fluid, I didn't realize mine fell off till after I did the refill and I found it was dripping, I found it in the drain pan
The automatic does have a drain plug, it is a 14mm hex head plug using a crush washer. 13 ft/lb is the torque spec.
Cool, thanks for that tip. Drain plugs normally aren't included on automatic transmissions because it entices owners to change the fluid without also changing the filter or cleaning the screen.
Actually for your 2000 Avalon, it will take about 5 qts of Dexron III or IV fluid, put in 4.5 qts, warm it up and check the level again. And this time it uses a 10mm Allen head plug with an Aluminum drain plug gasket torque to 36 ft/lb.
Cool, thanks for that tip. Drain plugs normally aren't included on automatic transmissions because it entices owners to change the fluid without also changing the filter or cleaning the screen.
That had been the case for some of the domestic manufactured automatics. Toyota use a wire mesh screen for filter, and with the magnets in the pan to pickup fine metal particles, so drain and fill is usually the case. Even with the latest generation of transmissions that use the WS fluid, which supposedly last for 100k miles, there is still a drain plug in the pan beside the overflow plug.
I've been told with a/t to not change the trans fluid past 65k miles unless you absolutely have to. I've heard horror stories of the fluid being changed then the tranny dies.
Look into it before changing the fluid. Manuals and autos function differently.
I've been told with a/t to not change the trans fluid past 65k miles unless you absolutely have to. I've heard horror stories of the fluid being changed then the tranny dies.
Look into it before changing the fluid. Manuals and autos function differently.
Sometimes, mileage isn't the only factor that will affect the longevity of an automatic transmission; a vehicle with an automatic transmission that had been driven mainly on the highway could have high mileage but the fluid may be in better condition than a vehicle with low mileage but had been mainly driven in stop and go traffic. The #1 killer of automatic transmission is temperature; if my memory serves me correctly, every ten degree increase in fluid temperature above 180 degree F reduces the fluid life in half.
A vehicle driven on the highway at a constant speed will have lower operating temperature than a vehicle operating in stop on go traffic. Most heat generate in an automatic transmission is in its torque converter; the converter transfer and multiply the power from the engine, but the energy that it requires to do it job also generate a lot of heat too.
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