First transmission drain and fill finally

So I finally did my first drain and fill this evening due to having the @Genuine Cooling Systems installed and a transmission flush done a few weeks ago. The shop that did the install used non Toyota WS fluid and the truck felt weird so I decided to do a drain and fill with proper fluids. I drained out 3 quarts put 5 quarts in and when I did the check fluid at the right temp a quart came out after a trickle. Will check back if any issues come up over the next few days.

 

Sounds about right. Draining out 3 quarts sounds a bit low, but you are on the right track around 4 quarts.

 

Do you know what they used?

 

I do not just that it was better supposedly than WS fluid

 

I dropped 8 quarts.

Did he pin the trans cooler valve ?

 

Do you have the trans cooler, and did you pin it open ?

I just did my trans, and it drained 8 quarts. I followed the guide which tells you to pin the valve, overfill, get to temp of 119*, then pop the overflow plug.

 

None of that sounds quite right aside from pinning the thermostat. And I reckon your transmission might be severely underfilled right now.

Proper procedure is:
1. Drain the pan (measure what comes out, its typically about 4 quarts).
2. Replace drain plug.
3. Fill trans with 0.5 qt more than what drained out.
4. Warm up truck until trans temps reaches 99-111°F.
5. Crack the check valve and drain excess fluid until flow decreases to a trickle.
6. Replace check valve plug.

*Note some will just fill trans with exactly volume they drained and then skip the temp check procedure entirely, and that's probably fine too.

 

Yea I have the genuine cooling system on my truck so I did pin it and only 3 quarts drained out.

 

I'm curious, how many miles on your unit? Changing the fluid ?

 

I have a bit over 61000 miles but after the cooler install the shop did a flush and used non Toyota ws fluid and the truck didn’t feel right

 

Hmm.

Took out 8 qts, filled with 9 qts, warmed to temp, and removed the stove pipe level plug to trickle.

Yeah, i did it totally wrong, twice.

Whatever you say, homey

 

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I’ve been using Valvoline Maxlife ATF for over 100k miles. No issues, shifts fine, tow a decent amount each year with it.

 

I believe the fluid was fine that they put it in but it seemed to be low to me when i drained it