2003 Corolla Tranny and Spark Plug change?

[Raddman]

Originally Posted by kwirnu

Post a pic of the page in the toyota manual where it says to change every 30K miles and I'll send you $20.

It may say inspect, but inspect does not mean change.

What does replace mean?...Send the $20 to your favorite charity ~Radd

[Chris Corolla S]

Originally Posted by kwirnu

I had toyota flush the tranny fluid in my automatic at a little over 100K the plugs today at 107300 miles.

Thanks for sharing but next time don't drag up a 2 year old thread to tell us

Originally Posted by Raddman

You guys better check your scheduled maintenance books ...I have an 03 and it says in my automatic the ATF fluid gets changed every 30-60-90-120 miles and so on! Meaning every 30 thousand... How could anyone here suggest waiting till 150K for a ATF change or suggesting changing fluid when it looks bad, cloudy or crappy by then it might already have done damage ...Hope your cars are still running don't know how with that thinking
~Radd

Chill out man. Is that scan from the dealership? They love charging for useless crap like changing your tranny fluid at 30k. anyway, check this out: http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com...2003&int_id=48

I bet we could exchange links all day of different intervals for changing fluid.
I told that guy to check his stick and see what the fluid looks like because that can tell you a lot. He was saying he was scared because he was worried it would get all sludgy on him as if there was no way to tell what was going on. The bottom line is that the life of tranny fluid is highly dependent on the stress on the transmission. Long long before the tranny fluid breaks down enough to not properly lube the tranny and cause dammage the fluid starts to become discolored. Trust me my car is running just fine and I've never brought it to a dealership or any shop for anything that's not covered under waranty. How could anyone suggest?! *gasp*

[kwirnu]

Originally Posted by Raddman

What does replace mean?...Send the $20 to your favorite charity ~Radd

That came from a 2003-2006 toyota corolla manual? Post a pic of the manual and date that page came from.

[kwirnu]

Originally Posted by Chris Corolla S

Thanks for sharing but next time don't drag up a 2 year old thread to tell us

I could have started a new thread but why? There was still a question of when the fluid should be changed. I wanted to share that the tranny would be fine with atleast 100000 mile fluid changes.

[Raddman]

Originally Posted by kwirnu

That came from a 2003-2006 toyota corolla manual? Post a pic of the manual and date that page came from.

Trust me or don't, I can see where this is going...I don't have time to play your stupid games!
~Radd

[Chris Corolla S]

Both of you guys argue to much

[Chris Corolla S]

Originally Posted by kwirnu

I could have started a new thread but why? There was still a question of when the fluid should be changed. I wanted to share that the tranny would be fine with atleast 100000 mile fluid changes.

Actually I already said that two years ago.

Originally Posted by Raddman

Trust me or don't, I can see where this is going...I don't have time to play your stupid games!
~Radd

This is not a matter of trust or opinion. It is a fact that under normal stress conditions Auto Tranny Fluid can last fine for 100,000 miles or more. That doesn't mean it will hurt to change it, in fact, changing fluids more often than is needed is a good safety precaution. However, DO NOT go around telling people that they will fuck up their car if they go over 30k miles without changing trans fluid, that just isn't true.