2011 Toyota Camry LE Change transmission fluid?
Greetings, I recently watch the video on draining the transmission fluid and then topping it back off. My camry has 110000 miles on it and I have never done this before. Do you think it would be wise to do so? It still drives perfect, I always change the oil on time and perform regular maintenance. The only problem that I ever had on this car was the thermostat got stuck a few years back and I changed it the same day lol. Thank you
Here is the video I watched
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUfOdsZLoCs
Just do a drain and fill and you should be fine. Generally, if the transmission is shifting good, you should be okay to change it.
Sometimes people with already bad transmission will finally do a service, and after the service, it runs even worse. Then they blame the changing the transmission fluid to be the cause, when the transmission was already shot in the first place.
I did a transmission drain on a Mercedes that was over 20 years old, had no paper work on the transmission history, but I had it for more than a year and the transmission was shifting smooth. I did a transmission drain and it was fine, no issues. Just do not do a flush.
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I always change the oil on time and perform regular maintenance
well you missed 2nd most important item
My camry has 110000 miles on it and I have never done this before. Do you think it would be wise to do so?
Scotty does a partial 'drain and fill' in his video. Using this method, you're only changing a couple quarts, not the entire 6.9 quarts in the transmission. At 110k miles, it would be wiser to do a drain and fill.
My personal experience: Not a good idea.
Performed a drain and fill of about 2 - 3 Quarts worth on a 2001 Toyota Avalon at 80,000 miles. ATF was quite dirty. Barely pink. Might have had an ATF change years ago, but not the same.
Following the change, the transmission was losing power in the first and second gears. The car required an extra 100-200 RPM to change gears and it felt dull. It wasn't as tight as prior to the ATF change.
Attempted to remedy this by putting some of the old fluid back in and draining the new fluid out, but it was never the same. Just lived with the small decline in power/response in the first and second gear.
At the end of the day, if you buy a car brand new, treat it right. Stay on top of maintenance. Being conservative and early on fluid changes is better than being too late
Well if it was that bad already, then it wasn't going to last much longer anyway. You have some reduction in performance, but I bet you still prolonged the usable lifetime of transmission by getting the dirty fluid out.