how to drian auto transmition oil ?

[hisham saeed Member Find all posts View Profile Close hisham saeed]

hi
i want to completly drain my 5 speed auto transmition , any one done this before?
reason ,when i got my prado second hand it was 166,000 Km , and apart from overall service i done was replacing the tran. oil but mistakly i changed the oil with TOYOTA type IV instead of type WS.(any way we don't have type WS here in Egypt)

then when i tryed the car over the sand dunes the oil temprature light went on? so after searching the topic i decided to upgrade my trans. oil cooler with bigger one and ordered the WS oil .,the parts arrived today , and i want to make sure i flushed as much oil as i can without removing the oil pan as this will result to change the oilpan gasket .

any ideas ?
thanks
Hisham

[StormyKnight Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close StormyKnight]

Re: how to drian auto transmition oil ?

I understand that the is an ECU update or similar to fix the issue of the overtemp light - not sure if it changes the point the light comes on or if it changes the auto's behaviour to lower the temperature...

Have a search here on Pradopoint for similar topics....

[damonat Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close damonat]

Re: how to drian auto transmition oil ?

most dealerships now have a changing station.
this makes it difficult for owners to do this.
with those KM's you might be best to remove trans sump and change the transmission filter at the same time.

[hisham saeed Member Find all posts View Profile Close hisham saeed]

Re: how to drian auto transmition oil ?

most propably that i will do , will let you know the result.

hisham