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Old 08-25-2022, 01:56 PM #16
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I used to lose Camry transmissions at around 200K or so miles by doing nothing. Then I started to look into what what going on as most of my autos that failed blew their clutches. Once I started exchanging fluid around 100K with the filter changes. My transmissions life were being extended. They actually rotted to nothing or junk before transmissions failed.
The Toyota recommendation around this time (actually from the 80's through early '00s) is 'check' the fluid every 30k. That really means you should do a simple drain and fill every 30k to keep things fresh. Cleaning the pan/strainer/magnets/etc. should be basically unneeded unless you your trans is behind on maintenance.

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Old 08-25-2022, 04:57 PM #17
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The Toyota recommendation around this time (actually from the 80's through early '00s) is 'check' the fluid every 30k. That really means you should do a simple drain and fill every 30k to keep things fresh. Cleaning the pan/strainer/magnets/etc. should be basically unneeded unless you your trans is behind on maintenance.

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Oh I checked the fluid all right .....I was on the dipstick..LOL.. That's why I told the story. As doing nothing isn't probably the best choice. I did luck out on the 1990 Camry though as a guy just had his transmission redone and was side swiped real bad on a 1991 Camry. So i just swapped the engine and transmission and got several more years on it before it rotted in half.. It was the car I took my drivers test on.

I agree that a 30k spill and fill would keep the lubricating properties there and
cleaning the magnets and screen filter would keep the fluid pressure up. So in 3 to 5 changes most of the old fluid would be gone. :-)

That's probably how I would do any auto transmission when you don't know the last time its fluid was refreshed. On mine that i know, I just exchange all the fluid out and give it new fluid and a quick clean every 100k.. If it was heavy towing, I probably drop down to 50k. But that is just me. :-)
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The Toyota recommendation around this time (actually from the 80's through early '00s) is 'check' the fluid every 30k. That really means you should do a simple drain and fill every 30k to keep things fresh. Cleaning the pan/strainer/magnets/etc. should be basically unneeded unless you your trans is behind on maintenance.

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Depending on how the rig is driven, a drain and refill every 30k might be grossly insufficient. That basically means you're going to introduce 12 quarts of fresh oil over a 90k mile period. 12 quarts is the system capacity. For anyone that regularly takes their rig into the mountains, the trans temps achieved will be much higher than what occurs from grocery getting / work commuting / running errands city type of miles. As the trans temps go up, the life of the fluid goes down. At best, ATF will last around 100k miles and that's provided the temps never go much beyond 170 degrees.

Since I drive a fair amount in the mountains and I record some pretty high trans temps (even with an external trans cooler), my rigs get a drain and refill every 10k miles. It's simple and affordable insurance your transmission gets to live a very long and happy life.
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Timmy has it right. I do not drain/flush & replace transmission fluid from high mileage transmissions if the fluid has not been previously maintained. If I would have to break into one, I would keep the fluid that drained out and put it back in although I think most of the issues have been on Honda and Chrysler/Plymouth transmissions.
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Everyone has their own way with transmission fluid.. I never flush anything. I just exchange it but mine have had fluid changes before.

If anyone still has an original radiator in an automatic and using the radiator transmission cooler. I would recommend they change it before pink milkshake occurs.

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I like to think of threads like this as the 3 dead horsemen that keep getting beat to death lol

You've got transmission fluid leave alone/drain and fill/flush, engine oil and filter, and what lift should I get/how much lift do I need/tire size. One or more of these is guaranteed to come up every month lol
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I like to think of threads like this as the 3 dead horsemen that keep getting beat to death lol

You've got transmission fluid leave alone/drain and fill/flush, engine oil and filter, and what lift should I get/how much lift do I need/tire size. One or more of these is guaranteed to come up every month lol
It's the same thing on Toyota Enthusiast Facebook pages. The same questions keep getting asked like what brand lower balljoints to purchase.

It is what it is. We're here to help so I'll still engage in these topics even though they've been beat to death.
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Yup ground hog day..

I kinda really doubt a 3rd gen auto could make over 400k miles without any fluid changes or filter clean etc. Without something being done to it in the past.

Being , most of these are been through many many owners by now. It's hard to say that some of these higher milage ones didn't have transmission replaced with remfg or lower milage one in its past.

I could be wrong that is just a very long time.

Who's donating the transmission to be hit with a rocket ?

I have a core that's toast and is probably heading to the scrap yard.

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