Automatic Transmission Fluid Drain and Fill - easy maintenance for Toyota "Lifetime Fluid"
Without getting into arguing about Toyota "Lifetime Transmission Fluid" claims, or the ususal debates... Lets just say I read and made my decision based on logic, mechanical knowledge, coupled with experiences of my own and others and my comfort/time/budget levels... I chose the quick maintenance option of the ATF drain and fill method. Why? It is quick, easy, least intrusive, and introduces nearly no known issues. I have high mileage vehicle: 170k and I have no record of the ATF being serviced before I bought it. I plan on getting another 100k out of it but with all the other maintenance time I've spent recently I wanted to hold off on a full pan/filter/gasket job. I can tackle all that later. 3-4 drain and fills will swap out a lot of the old fluid and only takes about 30 minutes and uses 2 sockets. You can do this on a cold vehicle all in 1 day (drive a few miles and let it cool) on consecutive days, or with each oil change or whenever you find time. Jus...