Any premix that says "Asian vehicles" on it somewbere. It'll be pink in color, can get it at any auto parts store, nothing fancy about it.

Flushing rad definitely much less risky than a trans but if the coolant is less than 10 years old, really not a necessary thing to do. A simple drain and refill should be all you need, but if you really want to, very low risk of actually damaging anything.

 

Thanks very much.

 

There are countless threads on coolant and transmission fluid related topics related to this car on this forum. Have you considered searching any of them? That would alleviate having to go through another post with everyone putting their 2 cents in about it yet again. Just search the forum and I promise you will find the answers you are looking for.

 

Thanks. Will do that.

 

You'll find lots of posts on how Toyota uses special de-ionized water... Genuine Toyota Super Long Life Antifreeze/Coolant and you can't use anything else... On transmission fluid I use Valvoline Multi-Vehicle (Atf) Full Synthetic Automatic Transmission Fluid

 

ANY reasons why you use this ATF? I've had my TC serviced under a recall 2 years ago. I know that people use other ATF to prevent shudder but I just use the Toyota ATF.

 

Very good to know

 

Red from your Toyota Dealer Parts dept.

 

Ive been using Maxlife in my 2014 since new and now has 150k miles. Excellent fluid. I also use it in my Highlander, Rav4, and Odyssey. Not a single issue on any of them.

Also for coolant I use Zerex Asian in all my cars with zero issues. I buy it from Rock Auto

 

It's 27.40 +shipping for 2 gallons of aisin pink coolant on rockauto.com the car came with pink extra long life coolant, I'm not adding red zerex coolant to save 10$ on a drain and fill I'm only doing every 4 years.

 

My local Toyota dealer charged me $27 out the door for one bottle of the pink super long life. I felt like I got scammed.

I still do not plan on going back to the Asian pink that they sell in advance auto parts. It's fine, but I want my car to last over 300,000 miles, so I will stick to the OEM stuff.

Keep in mind though, I use my car like a work horse and change all of my fluids yearly.

 

Same goes for the tranny fluid, rockauto sells the Aisin type WS for $7.79/ quart, why would you use a universal type formula when you can have actual TYPE WS not just compatible with WS. It's even made by the company that makes the transmission! Again it's seems silly to save a few bucks on a service you do every 4-5 years on such an expensive and sensitive part of your car

 

Here we go again!

The Aisin WS fluid that is sold in the US isn't Aisin's best WS fluid. Their premium fluid, for use in their own transmissions, is the pricier full-synthetic variety that shows the same elevated viscosity at 80C operating temperature as other good full-synthetic fluids (since full-synthetic fluids don't thin out so badly at high temperatures).

I tried to find a source for Aisin's own premium full-synthetic fluid online, but literally NOBODY is allowed to distribute it here in the US (again, because Toyota EPA-certified their US-market cars using the thinner (@80C) semi-synthetic (i.e. cheaper) fluid that gives the best EPA gas mileage, and because Aisin is linked to Toyota).

The full-synthetic, WS-compatible aftermarket fluids aren't limited to being used only in WS-spec cars because they have superior thermal stability, i.e. less thickening at low temperature and less thinning at high temperature. As such, these are superior fluids performance-wise, more versatile and also having better resistance to degrading over time (just like full-synthetic engine oils).

As for the 7.79/qt. price of the Aisin semi-synthetic fluid, does that include shipping?
Compare that price to the MaxLife and TransMax full-synthetics sold at regular stores like Walmart, which sell for around only $5/qt. in four-quart jugs!

I think that Toyota's WS fluid is fine for use in their cars, just not with the original torque converters found in the 2012-2014 2.5L Camrys. In fact, I used $120 (shipped) worth of Toyota WS fluid to thoroughly replace my 2015 Camry's transmission fluid about three years ago.
No real regrets there, other than the extra $60 that I didn't realize (at the time) that I didn't need to spend on pricier, mere semi-synthetic fluid.

 

Didn't say "drain and fill".

It was a lot more than a "drain and fill", actually used 10 qts of the 12qt box.

Overkill perhaps, but since it was a used-car purchase...