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Yeah my brother had his Silverado's pan dropped, filter replaced and backflushed by a local shop. 100 miles later it was in a transmission shop for a rebuild. Toyota dealer near me absolutely does not like to do the transfusion, and they tried to talk me out of a drain and refill saying Toyota does not recommend it and that it lasts a life time But I insisted! Find another dealer and I am saying that nicely. Service writer at my dealer who I know very very well told me to drop the ATF on my TUndra at 60K. He volunteered that I didn't ask him. I will do the front and rear diffs and the xfer case at the same time. Good move Ed.
24HCF in its entirety, is solely responsible for why my children do not have college funds, my mortgage isn't paid-off and why I will never retire early enough to enjoy the remainder of my life.
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I have 276k miles on a 08 Land Cruiser... bought it new and still running the same ATF fluid in it... DOn't change it now yep.
24HCF in its entirety, is solely responsible for why my children do not have college funds, my mortgage isn't paid-off and why I will never retire early enough to enjoy the remainder of my life.
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Family friends of my wife... bought a used 2011 and 2012 Tacoma's with the 4.0 V 6.
Both trucks were at 100K,. and never had any real maintenance done on them except oil changes.
So I did the full bumper to bumper fluid changes, tune up etc.
Got to the trans....pulled the cooler line, like I learned from some old time hotrodders...
let the engine warm up to operating temp.. turned it off, pulled the cooler line..with it in park..
pumped out 4 qts before it started to spit, and immediately turned it off..
Walmart's Dextron 6 transfluid is also spec'ed for Toyota T1-IV, plus the WS specs...
gallon jug poured a qt at a time.... very slowly thru a small funnel, attached to the line...
$21.00 where the dealer wanted $350.00 for the same thing.
Valvoline max life also meets the same specs...
both trucks are in the 180K range now.. so I am sure the owners will be calling me again for the
same treatment when they hit 200K, tune up, fluid changes etc...
neither truck had a dipstick tube from the factory.... fluid is cheaper than a trans...
use the same fluid in my Pilot as it meets Honda DW1 standards...every 25K....
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
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I just finished with the 1st drain and fill on the Mothership. 2013 Venza 3.5. 53k miles.
Easy pleasy.
1.8 quarts of brown fluid came out, put in 1.81 quarts of new pink Aisin WS in.
I'll do the same at the next couple oil changes until I see some clean fluid, then extend it to 20 or 30k intervals.
Wasted resources? maybe.
Makes me feel better.
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I have 97 Tacoma with 305,000 miles and have never changed the trans fluid. I bought it in 1999 with 40k on it and dogged it ever since. No issues with trans yet.
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I have 97 Tacoma with 305,000 miles and have never changed the trans fluid. I bought it in 1999 with 40k on it and dogged it ever since. No issues with trans yet. Don't bother changing it at this point.
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I have 97 Tacoma with 305,000 miles and have never changed the trans fluid. I bought it in 1999 with 40k on it and dogged it ever since. No issues with trans yet. Mike, you must be one relaxed guy, I wouldn't sleep at night! 
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Have 135,000 mi. or so on an AWD ‘05 Matrix, ATF has never been changed....
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
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This guy has almost 1.3 million miles on his 4 cyl, 2008 Tacoma. https://www.torquenews.com/6626/man-behind-one-million-mile-tacomaHe changes the oil once per month, usually at 8,000,10,000 miles. He changed the AT fluid for the 1st time at almost 500,000 miles, but has done it about every 40,000 since. He changed the plugs at 700,000 miles. He had a head gasket go bad at 800,000 miles. The rest of the engine looked fine, but the mechanic wouldn't just change the gasket so they found a 100,000 mile engine in a scrap yard and put it in. That engine now has 600,000 miles on it. You won't find all that info in the above link, but there are other sources out there. He answered some questions for guys over at the Tacoma World forum recently.
Most people don't really want the truth.
They just want constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth.
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