1990 Camry 3S FE Automatic A140E
There are two compartments in the transmission. The transmission and the differential. Just found this out. I was hoping I fixed my tranny woes last fall when I replaced the transmission pan gasket. After the bolts vibrated loose and I hit a 6pack sized block of ice from a mudflap at 70 km/h the tranny started leaking pretty bad. The dent even crushed the screen in the transmission. Had to smash the pan back into shape.
Automatic Transaxle Differential
So the oil needs to be changed in the transaxle differential, and the access is limited. With the east-west crossmember removed I can clearly see both the fill and drain plugs on the very back of the transmission.
I am thinking of using a funnel with a 3 foot tube on it. Has anyone had success with this method?
Anyone have an oil recommendation? I put a synthetic import ATF in the tranny, should I use the same stuff?
I don't know the capacity of the transaxle, how much oil will go in there?
I doubt this oil has ever been changed, hopefully the plug isn't as tight as the pans plug, ended up rounding that one off when I did the pan gasket.
There are two compartments in the transmission. The transmission and the differential. Just found this out. I was hoping I fixed my tranny woes last fall when I replaced the transmission pan gasket. After the bolts vibrated loose and I hit a 6pack sized block of ice from a mudflap at 70 km/h the tranny started leaking pretty bad. The dent even crushed the screen in the transmission. Had to smash the pan back into shape.
Automatic Transaxle Differential
So the oil needs to be changed in the transaxle differential, and the access is limited. With the east-west crossmember removed I can clearly see both the fill and drain plugs on the very back of the transmission.
I am thinking of using a funnel with a 3 foot tube on it. Has anyone had success with this method?
Anyone have an oil recommendation? I put a synthetic import ATF in the tranny, should I use the same stuff?
I don't know the capacity of the transaxle, how much oil will go in there?
I doubt this oil has ever been changed, hopefully the plug isn't as tight as the pans plug, ended up rounding that one off when I did the pan gasket.