Transmission flush vs drain and fill

[jackelope]

Yea crazy they made autos for last half century with internal filter and no drain plug.   

Dumb, isn’t it? Especially the mess it can make removing a pan full of fluid if you’re not careful

[Alchase]

Yea crazy they made autos for last half century with internal filter and no drain plug.   

Dumb, isn’t it? Especially the mess it can make removing a pan full of fluid if you’re not careful

Been there got that face full.

Also when pulling the tranny on a 68 Barracuda, thinking I could save money not renting a tranny jack, I was under it and bench pressed it up and back,  forgot about the torque converter until it slipped forward and fell right on my face. I climbed out from under the car, and my wife and neighbor heard me cussing, came out and screamed thinking my head was covered in blood.
Took a minute to tell them it was tranny fluid.
 

[3cityhuntr]

Personal experience with my previous truck (2007 Silverado) was a tranny flush right at 50k/5 years (light towing only).  Chevy dealer recommended flushing.  Immediately following the flush the torque converter kept locking/unlocking and required repair.  Service writer said that he was very surprised and had never seen it happen.  For what it’s worth though I’ll never flush again, but I also drive a tundra now because that same POS Chevy started burning a quart of oil every thousand miles at 60k (stupid AFM).  But that’s another story altogether....

[spin05]

Dont flush it unless you can flush it your self. On my dodge ram there is a line i can pull off and do my own flush. On toyota i have no idea

[Halo]

I don't know the right answer to your question but I'd say don't have jiffy lube do it whatever route you go. I've had nothing but serious problems with those guys.

Exactly, my daughter took her car to them and they rifled through her glove box, got her insurance papers and filled a phony glass chip repair claim. They even forged her signature. I had just been through that process and when I swung by the insurance office to drop a payment off they asked me about it knowing I knew the process to file the claim it seemed weird to them. An investigation was started and they got busted. They were doing it all the time. It's a small enough claim most insurance companies just pay it. The only way people were finding out was when they changed insurance companies and the new quotes were higher because of previous claims.

[bod]

Drain and refill = 90% of flushing, I had my old 4 cylinder Toyota pickup flushed a month later the head gasket went.

[Bofire]

LOL
Carl

[jackelope]

Drain and refill = 90% of flushing, I had my old 4 cylinder Toyota pickup flushed a month later the head gasket went.

Flushing your transmission has literally nothing to do with a head gasket issue.  That’s probably just a Toyota head gasket thing.

[jackelope]

Dont flush it unless you can flush it your self. On my dodge ram there is a line i can pull off and do my own flush. On toyota i have no idea

It’s your transmission cooler lines that you disconnect to flush automatic transmissions.  Anything automatic should have cooler lines.

[follow maggie]

I have mine flushed every 50k at the Chevy shop and the external filter replaced.

[Alchase]

Drain and refill = 90% of flushing, I had my old 4 cylinder Toyota pickup flushed a month later the head gasket went.

Flushing your transmission has literally nothing to do with a head gasket issue.  That’s probably just a Toyota head gasket thing.

Probably washed out all the "relative Bearing grease" 

[blackpowderhunter]

what year tacoma?
I know with my 06 when i did trans fluid, you have to have the trans at a certain operating temp as you fill it to get the right level.
my buddy had the right scan tool to monitor the trans temp..kind of a pita...then you pull the overflow drain plug, and fill it until it overflows out of that.
i did this on mine around 140k and sold it at close to 200k and towed a bunch with it and it seemed good still   

[Bofire]

I got a flu shot when my tranny was serviced and got Small Pox the next day, I am pretty sure I died but don't know it.
Carl

[Alchase]

I got a flu shot when my tranny was serviced and got Small Pox the next day, I am pretty sure I died but don't know it.
Careful

See should have got flushed by a tranny, err I mean tranny flushed ......... 

[jackelope]

I got a flu shot when my tranny was serviced and got Small Pox the next day, I am pretty sure I died but don't know it.
Carl

That’s what you get for going to Jiffy Lube for a flu shot, Carl.