W201 sweden Posted August 25, 2006 Posted August 25, 2006 I've searched and searched, and I came to the conclusion: Since nobody mentions removal of a plug in the converter at oil change, there is no such plug! I'll just have to empty the tranny oil pan a number of times. Every regular maitenance I'll get a couple of liters of fresh oil in. /Alexander from Sweden
VBdenny Posted August 26, 2006 Posted August 26, 2006 I have never seen a torque converter with a drain. They have some systems that flush the system completely but I am not sure how they work. Draining and refilling a couple of times does about the same thing I guess.
lenore Posted August 26, 2006 Posted August 26, 2006 Mercedes uses a drain plug on the torque converter. Works great.
W201 sweden Posted August 26, 2006 Author Posted August 26, 2006 Thanks guys! And sure, I've been draining MB converters a number of times... ;) /Alexander Bejmar
VBdenny Posted August 27, 2006 Posted August 27, 2006 Mercedes never knew that, maybe Lexus does as well.
robert_ashfield Posted August 27, 2006 Posted August 27, 2006 You might be interested in a tutorial at http://www.lexls.com that covers flushing the transmission. There is a hose going into the bottom of the radiator that you disconnect and direct into a container. You then run the engine, get the oil out a litre at a time, replacing it with new oil through the dipstick tube. I did this on my ls a couple of weekends ago and managed to replace all of the oil. Not difficult, I didn't even have to raise the car. It's made a drastic difference - much softer and quicker shifts. You'll only get about 2 litres out from the drain plug, but the tranny holds nearly 9 in total. My local Lexus dealer obviously hadn't heard of the method as he questioned my sanity when I bought 10 litres of oil.
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