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Originally Posted by O2RunnerSR5
Bump. Are people using toyota Type IV in their 3rd gen 4runners? I bought 5 quarts of Toyota DexIII but it’s 17$ a quart and I want to do a flush so that would cost me close to 200$. Type IV is much cheaper. Would like to use it if it’s compatible.
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Some are using it but the majority recommend against and to stick with a Dex3 compatible. The transmission wasn't designed with ultra light oil weight in mind, that fluid has come about from the necessity of increasing fuel economy and new transmissions are built with the LV fluid in mind. It's just an unknown with only anecdotal evidence to claim one way or the other.
Personally, I wouldn't "mix" the new LV/Type IV with anything, it'd need to be a full fluid replacement. That's essentially impossible to DIY without the proper equipment, as the DIY methods require mixing things together in the transmission. But that's a risk you'll have to assess for yourself.
Similarly, DexIII is a standard. Anything labeled as DexIII meets that standard, and that's all the transmission needs. That means the transmission will be fine with Walmart or Amazon fluid. I get the mental hangup though, I can't bring myself to use the SuperTech/Wally-world fluids, but I have no issues (nor do many others here) with using Valvoline ATF. It's what's in my 4runner right now. I think I paid about $20/gallon, or $100 for my full fluid replacement/flush. If money is a concern, you might need to loosen your standards a little and opt to skip on the Toyota branding and go with a cheaper fluid.
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