If fluid drains out, the transmission was overfilled. Turn off the vacuum to the transmission, and determine if fluid comes out of the level gauge.This will extend the level of the standpipe to the appropriate level, given the operating conditions. Install the level gauge (hand tight) into the drain plug, and adjust the gauge to the proper height as specified by the temperature and rpms inside the bulletin.Fluid will not drain if the vacuum on the system remains. Locate the transmission drain plug, and remove the plug.Open both the upper and lower valves, and set your regulator between 2 and 5 in.Attach the vacuum regulator manifold to the fluid extraction tank and connect the shop air supply to the manifold (ensure that the shop supply does not exceed 100 psi).Attach the vacuum regulator manifold to the fill adapter.Install the transmission fill adapter (hand tight) into the fill hole.This is easier to be accessed if the vehicle is on a lift. The OEM plug will have a “WS,” which stands for world standard. Remove the bolts and clips from the front fender well on the driver’s side, and locate the transmission fill plug remove it.
The fluid temperature should be between the 185- and 194-degree marks with an idle of 600 to 800 rpms. Install the scan tool, start the vehicle and look for the transmission temperature.
To correctly perform these procedures, you will need: So please let’s make sure all our body parts stay in the same shape and condition that they were before the service started! That means, wear your safety glasses, burn sleeves, gloves and restrain the vehicle by suspension, blocking or emergency brake. You will need to access parts inside a wheel well while the engine is on, remove plugs and attach tools on a running engine and remove fluid that is 190 F. These procedures will require you to do a few things that will make your risk manager or insurance company start looking for the key to the liquor cabinet. In this instance, we will be referencing the Toyota TSB 0036-13 for a variety of vehicles years 2007-2013. And the price for these tools is just as ugly as the procedures to use these tools in your shop. Toyota has come up with a special group of tools to help you check the fluid levels in their vehicles. Most manufacturers with this style of standpipe system will have you adjust the temperature of the fluid (perhaps park it for a bit). You are generally checking the fluid level in your shop that is around 190 F. According to Toyota, the ideal time to inspect the transmission fluid level is when the temperature of the fluid is between 104 and 113 F. The example we will use today is the Toyota 2007 and up six-speed transmission for front-wheel drive. The issue is that a standpipe inside a transmission pan cannot account for the level of the transmission fluid with varying temperatures. The cross-stitch area was there to allow you to read the fluid level without compensating for temperature because transmission fluid expands when hot and alters the level inside the transmission.
Remember the cross-stitch on good ol’ transmission fluid dipsticks. If you were to remove that drain plug, the excess fluid would drain out of the plug, leaving the transmission fluid level just right. If you can imagine, a straw or snorkel tip comes up from inside the drain hole to a level just above the appropriate fluid level in a transmission.
#How to install transmission fluid manuals
Now we have to check viscosity and an alphabet soup of standards (API, ILSAC, ACEA), look up a slew of videos and manuals to reset the oil light and, you guessed it, transmission dipsticks have found their way out of the engine.įor years, several manufacturers have begun removing the transmission dipstick and replacing the drain plug with a combination drain plug and standpipe. These quick and simple procedures made life fun in the service bay. 10W-30, pushing the button on the Honda instrument panel with the key to reset the oil change indicator and pulling a dipstick to check the fluid level of a transmission. Transmission fluid level full.” Remember the good ol’ days - the easy life. “Oil pressure up, checking transmission fluid (pulls dipstick and stares at it for a few seconds).