Re: Black Transmission Fluid - - Any Hope???

#11

On Wed, 2 May 2007 21:35:49 -0500, "Mel" <NS_mel (AT) texas (DOT) net> wrote:

Quote:

I have heard the candle suggestion before, including from the guys at the
transmission shop that dropped the pan. The mechanic and I checked things
out and it was perfectly clean. Even the screen was totally clean. Maybe
the three (exchange) flushes (oil was still black) I did earlier cleaned it
out. The transmission has never leaked.

The mechanics I know also told me about how new oil would clean the seals
and cause leaks, the transmission would start slipping, etc.

I was so concerned that the Toyota would die at any moment that I bought a
new car ... which we hardly use. I just ordred a tow hitch and
transmission cooler.

Maybe I have just been lucky? Or maybe driving it 80 mph (100 miles R/T) to
work every day helped? I bought this car new so I know its history.

if it was mostly 80mph there was no slipping in the trans an dit
should be just fine.
I did the drain and fill a few times and the first time I dropped the
pan and replaced the filter. After that just drain and fill. Fluid now
looks like new and the car still shifts like a new car.

Quote:

The neat thing about newsgroups is you get input from a lot of people.

So far so good.

Mel

"C. E. White" <cewhite3 (AT) removemindspring (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:463888a7$1 (AT) kcnews01 (DOT) ..

"Mel" <NS_mel (AT) texas (DOT) net> wrote

I checked with several junk yards and they told me Toyota transmissions
never fail.

Well, I have personal knowledge of two that failed - 84 Cressida and 89
Camry (kept working, but leaked so much oil you had to add it before
leaving the house).

Ed

#12

"shiden_kai" <V-L-M (AT) hotma1l (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Hachiroku ???? wrote:

I wouldn't flush it. For every success story, there's five horror
stories!

The only horror stories are here....deep inside "old wives tales"
country!

Ian

I tend to agree with Ian. This is another case where there are a lot of
stories, but I have never seen documented proof.

I dont like, or use, the flush because I feel it is a bit of overkill, that
it
is not normally what a manufacturer recommends as regular maintenance,
and because it costs a lot more. I have suspected that it was developed
to help garages up their revenues on the basis it was a high technology
'must do' procedure.

I have been wrong a lot before, and this may be another case of it.

#13

Hachiroku ???? wrote:

Quote:

Seen it with me own eyes...

Had to go rescue the victims of two Flush 'n Fills myself...

Of course you have! Have you ever performed a transmission
"flush"?

Ian

#14

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno (AT) AE86 (DOT) gts> wrote

Quote:

On Thu, 03 May 2007 12:20:31 +0000, HLS wrote:

The only horror stories are here....deep inside "old wives tales"
country!

Ian

I tend to agree with Ian. This is another case where there are a lot of
stories, but I have never seen documented proof.

Seen it with me own eyes...

Had to go rescue the victims of two Flush 'n Fills myself...

.... and you would have had to do the same a couple months down the road
anyhow.

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