I'm fixin' to do some preventive maintenance - radiator, thermostat, transmission fluid flush, magnafine filter, and maybe an auxiliary transmission fluid radiator. Question is, is there any documentation I can do that will help future prospective buyers not be skittish about the possibility that I did it all at once because of a pink milkshake? There is no pink milkshake. There's just me thinking, "hmm, while I'm in there might as well do it all."
Radiator & Trans fluid flush
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jtnumberthree
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Do you have the original Radiator in there? I would think that would help buyers know that the original radiator hasn't been removed and is still in working order.
mtbtim
Elite Member
I wouldn't worry about it. But, what type of documentation are you talking about? Are you really going to let a shop do this for you and you're worried of showing all this work on the same invoice? If you are planning on paying a shop to do all this, I hope I can talk you out it. Everything you want to do is very straight forward and easy.
[MENTION=102606]infamousRNR[/MENTION] and I have many videos to assist you with all this. There's also a lot more videos for 3rd Gens on our channel. I encourage you to check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9EMiD9KPy61kJ6hdXcbjxA
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[MENTION=102606]infamousRNR[/MENTION] and I have many videos to assist you with all this. There's also a lot more videos for 3rd Gens on our channel. I encourage you to check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9EMiD9KPy61kJ6hdXcbjxA
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Hey [MENTION=120071]mtbtim[/MENTION], you and [MENTION=102606]infamousRNR[/MENTION] make some truly awesome how-to vids. You've talked me out of it! :wave: I'm scheming to do the work myself at a local DIY garage, but would consider using a service shop as a fallback plan if I can find one that I feel I can trust to do the work properly... kind of a big if.
Maybe snapping some before and after pix and grabbing a carefully timed vid or two, and then just not worrying about it is the deal. I suppose 5k-10k miles after the work is enough to prove that the transmission is undamaged, which would be the real concern.
Maybe snapping some before and after pix and grabbing a carefully timed vid or two, and then just not worrying about it is the deal. I suppose 5k-10k miles after the work is enough to prove that the transmission is undamaged, which would be the real concern.
mtbtim
Elite Member
It's up to you but letting a shop do this for you would be a shame if you are at all mechanically inclined because these jobs are very straight forward for a DIYer.
To be honest, most buyers wouldn't even know what the hell a pink milkshake is. If they did, you can then just tell them you decided to do all the work as preventative maintenance. The date and mileage you do this at and the current date and mileage you sell it at should let the buyer know that the transmission has lasted quite a long time after you completed the work, and if it was going to fail due to a pink milkshake, it would have done so already.
But really, why would you sell it? Drive it until you decide it's not worth putting money into anymore and that could be a very very long time down the road based off the reputation these rigs have.
White_Knuckles
New member
I'm a fan of "while you're in there" as good practice especially when you have no real maintenance history.
I'm pretty certain the dreaded pink-milkshake syndrome may not be well known with buyers or sellers. I spent 6 months chasing used Gen 3 4Runners after last winter. Dealer visits (criminals), private sellers, and Toyota know-it-all's. All of them when asked about the radiator drew a blank. They had never heard of the pink treat.
Okay, I found this forum and basically was a subject matter expert in a few weeks of reading. Kidding, but I was well educated compared to the owners I met. They don't have a clue. Several had to go out to the car to see if it had a rear locker switch on the dash. Yikes!
Don't worry about reselling to those idiots, they'll see fresh parts as a good thing.
I'm pretty certain the dreaded pink-milkshake syndrome may not be well known with buyers or sellers. I spent 6 months chasing used Gen 3 4Runners after last winter. Dealer visits (criminals), private sellers, and Toyota know-it-all's. All of them when asked about the radiator drew a blank. They had never heard of the pink treat.
Okay, I found this forum and basically was a subject matter expert in a few weeks of reading. Kidding, but I was well educated compared to the owners I met. They don't have a clue. Several had to go out to the car to see if it had a rear locker switch on the dash. Yikes!
Don't worry about reselling to those idiots, they'll see fresh parts as a good thing.
