just a special note to anyone who has existing tranny problems and is trying this out to see if it makes any big difference. keep your old fluid. the dealership will probably not work on your car if your tranny problems exist and you have new non-toyota fluid in your tranny, they may even void your warranty.

i'm not trying to do anything less than legit, but if your have existing tranny problems and you try this to fix them...and the problems still exist, you better swap back in the old fluid before you go to the dealer.

 

Actually I doubt the warranty will be void, will they void your warranty on the engine if you use synthetic oil? What about if you did your oil change? Highly improvable IMO.

 

could they really tell if it was toyota or something else.. they both kinda look the same plus a little time in the tranny...i would believe they both would look the same...

 

can someone comment on how they both look?

 

hmm.. just installed some mt-90....

shifts like butta!

 

Sweet! I wanna know from hopefully someone that knows (hehe) .... how the heck could this void anything? Wouldnt it be a good think to change your fluid? What does the book say?

 

hmm.. one more thing though..

uhh.. erik? i used 3 full bottles... didn't have any come out of the fill plug though... my car was on jackstands... could the angle be that significant?

 

It wouldnt void a warrenty. They void warrenties when you dont have proof that your fluid has been changed and maintained, and you try and have warrenty work on your tranny. So keep your reciepts or have the dealer do the change with Redline at your request.

 

darn it - i wanna shift like butta!! ha - i wonder if 3 is enough then ..... I would like to change this fluid within the next 3 weeks.

 

Also MT90 is a 75/90 which is what Toyota calls for, I talked to a mechanic and they said MT90 would be fine and it does say it meets all 90w requirements.

 

i just ordered 3 bottles. - $33.60

 

hmm.. answering my own question... yeah... the angle i had my car at made a difference..

opened up the fill plug when my car was level... greeted with a nice gush of fluid...

 

 

So whats better? prob having the car jacked up a foot so its slanted back is bette right? ..get a lil more fluid in?

 

i don't think having too much fluid is a good thing.. i believe having just the right amount is what you want... its like oil.. you don't want too mcuh oil in your car.. you know..

 

Well then what is the correct thing to do? I will be switching to the new fluid within the next few weeks so I dont want to do the wrong thing.

 

like the diy stated was to hav eyour car level and pour in the mt90 until it lightly leaks out of the filler plug... just follow it step by step...

 

the capacity stated in the owner's manual says 2.5 qts i believe.... if you want to somehow measure that out as well?

i still think i have slightly more than that.. but umm... i dunno.. i don't think it's too much of a concern for me to get under my car again anytime soon.

 

I've heard redline's doesn't retain its consistency over the long haul (compared to stock)... Could this be true?

 

if someone can please comment on that^^

....if that is true I guess ill be switching it out in another year or two since I already bought it.