Transmission fluid evolution..
My old burb was designed for Dex III. I have of course been using Dex-6 on the occasional drain and fill. I went to the store to buy some Dex 6 the other day and all they had was a synthetic Dex-6/M...
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thomasmnile wrote:
Toyota like so many other manufacturers is using 'sealed' transmissions with fluid that supposedly never requires/requires infrequent changing. With the 2018 Camry 2.5L engine, the factory fill motor oil is now 0w-16 (and per the manual is the ONLY oil to be used unless you can't find 0w-16, which is just appearing in the US market). Hard to wrap my head around, but Toyota has been using 0w-16 on its Japanese vehicles for 2 decades. Guess we'll see how it plays out, especially driving in Florida in the summer months.
My wife's town and country and my old CRV have "sealed transmissions". On the van I pulled the pan and changed the filter and filled it back up with ATF+4. 159,000 and shifts like it did when new. On my old CRV the transmission doesn't have a pan but it does have a drain plug. About once a year for years I have drained off three quarts and added three quarts. 200,000 miles later still shifts perfectly. There is no such thing as transmission fluid that never wears out. Cars and trucks are designed to be very low maintenance but, need a major repair every 150,000 to 200,000 miles.
