SOLVED:Prado 90 Auto Transmission oil change (A343F)

[williade Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close williade]

Hi All,
This is potentially a silly question with a very simple answer. Where is the oil filler for the AT :?

Neither the Owners, Haynes or Gregory's manuals where of any help. I have checked the level both hot and cold and I am below the low lines, so need I to top up asap, but how.... Maybe the answer is just so simple, that no one has bothered to document it either in any of my books or the internet....

Thanks in advance!

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[dhula Member Find all posts View Profile Close dhula]

Re: Auto Transmision oil change

Can't comment specifically on the V6, but almost all of the autos I've seen or worked on (there have been a few exceptions) use the dip stick tube as the filler
I know my TD does
I've made up a handy extension funnel using a piece of clear hose for this very purpose
The funnel goes inside the hose and then the hose goes inside the dip stick tube.
Takes a bit of time to fill (ie, pour slowly) but saves me spilling any oil on my shed floor

[williade Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close williade]

Re: Auto Transmision oil change

Hi dhula,
I was starting to think that was the case. I think (and stand to be corrected) that the 1KZ uses the same transmission as the 5VZ 'cause I read in another forum that the A343F was also used by both the FZ and HZ engines in the 80 series.

[Danrex Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Danrex]

Re: Auto Transmision oil change

Yep the dip stick is the fill point on the V6 3.4. Get a funnel or oil pump to fill. Pain when you do a complete tran oil change (7 or so litres i think!)

[williade Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close williade]

Re: Auto Transmision oil change

Well I picked up a 1L bottle of Castrol Dex III from Autobarn today. It took about 100mL to get the level from about 3mm below the line to about 3mm above the line hot low line.

I'll leave it at that till I do complete change in next time I service it.

The owner's manual says 2.0L for a drain and refill. Gregory's and Haynes say the same thing and also mention 10.2L for dry refill. I assume that is a sump-off operation.