1800andy Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Why does only 2-3 liters come out of the pan at a time? Is it possible to drain all fluid at once? Thank you for help. Im a proud new owner of a 96 LS as of today. Lookin forward to breakin her in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfish Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 The drain and fill is all you ever have to do. A full flush is not reccomended. I drain and fill at every oil change. Excessive ? Yes. But that is me. It is only $25.00 a year for that piece of mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooklyn Digital Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Ironic that today, I had my tranny flushed for $190 they also said I needed to flush my power steer fluid $90 ( I got the car 3/20/07 and was told it - PS fluid was done due to CPO ) another lie from the other dealer. I love my toyota dealer !!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landar Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 The drain and fill is all you ever have to do. A full flush is not reccomended. I drain and fill at every oil change. Excessive ? Yes. But that is me. It is only $25.00 a year for that piece of mind. You have the right idea, dcfish. I talked to a Lexus mechanic about flushing the tranny and he said no need for that. He recommended the 2 quart change every 10k miles or so. It may be excessive but, considering the cost of a rebuilt tranny, is money well spent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywong23 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 It's impractical to drain the trans, because parts like the torque converter retain quite a bit of fluid. - not like draining engine oil. so draining out 2 qts, is like diluting the old stuff with fresh. Doing that often enough, will keep all the fluid in good shape; avoiding the necessity to flush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfish Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 It's impractical to drain the trans, because parts like the torque converter retain quite a bit of fluid.- not like draining engine oil. so draining out 2 qts, is like diluting the old stuff with fresh. Doing that often enough, will keep all the fluid in good shape; avoiding the necessity to flush. It is not diluting, It is replenishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywong23 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 It is not diluting, It is replenishing. how bout describing it like a blood transfusion - substituting older blood with low cell count, with fresh new blood with high cell count. the influx of the substituted blood would raise the overall cell count.... ************************ total capacity of a dry trans is 9.4 qt. a drain and refill, replenishes 1.9 qts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfish Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Yep, Replenishment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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