ATF fluid usage life

[Peqasus]

hi guys,

 

i am a OPC avante owner. jus struck my mine tat i've never changed my ATF before. car is 26 mths old le. mileage is only 24000 km. any advice?

[Agentwilson]

atf need to replace one meh?

only top-up ma, no meh?

[Pisces69]

  On 1/23/2010 at 1:50 PM, Peqasus said:

hi guys,

 

i am a OPC avante owner. jus struck my mine tat i've never changed my ATF before. car is 26 mths old le. mileage is only 24000 km. any advice?

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See if there is any mention in your handbook on mileage or time when u need to change it.

 

Most jap cars is abt 80-90K km.

 

U can ask your ws to just do the drain & fill when u get your car serviced next time. Usually u wil get abt 3-4 lit out.

 

I do that every 10K km service & its more than sufficient.

 

If u want to do the flush, wait till abt 60K km & do a complete flush. Usually it takes about 18 lit for this but can last another 60K km till u need to do another flush.

 

Some prefer the drain & fill & some prefer the flush method. Its up to u really.

 

One more thing is if yours is the normal autobox or the CVT belt type?

 

My advice above is more for the normal autobox. CVT type I am not very sure. Maybe u can check what the agent has to say? But dont b too worried cos they might try to frighten u & get u to come down & do a through service just to earn your $$$. Always get several opinions b4 u decide.

Edited January 23, 2010 by Pisces69

[Shimada]

  On 1/23/2010 at 1:50 PM, Peqasus said:

hi guys,

 

i am a OPC avante owner. jus struck my mine tat i've never changed my ATF before. car is 26 mths old le. mileage is only 24000 km. any advice?

 

 

jap/korean cars usually replace ATF at major servicing, which is at 40K km. Refer to your user manual for the accurate one.

[Edge_sg]

Either do it at 40,000km or 2years.

Understand OPC mileage normally are lower than normal plate ones.

Due to our climate,oxidation happens faster so changing the oil earlier is ok.

 

[Yuan]

  On 1/23/2010 at 1:57 PM, Pisces69 said:

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See if there is any mention in your handbook on mileage or time when u need to change it.

 

Most jap cars is abt 80-90K km.

 

U can ask your ws to just do the drain & fill when u get your car serviced next time. Usually u wil get abt 3-4 lit out.

 

I do that every 10K km service & its more than sufficient.

 

If u want to do the flush, wait till abt 60K km & do a complete flush. Usually it takes about 18 lit for this but can last another 60K km till u need to do another flush.

 

Some prefer the drain & fill & some prefer the flush method. Its up to u really.

 

One more thing is if yours is the normal autobox or the CVT belt type?

 

My advice above is more for the normal autobox. CVT type I am not very sure. Maybe u can check what the agent has to say? But dont b too worried cos they might try to frighten u & get u to come down & do a through service just to earn your $$$. Always get several opinions b4 u decide.

 

CVT type is change every 40k mileage.

 

But I do it every 20k cos I loot my car.

 

[Pisces69]

  On 1/24/2010 at 1:55 AM, Yuan said:

CVT type is change every 40k mileage.

 

But I do it every 20k cos I loot my car.

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Changing more often is always better for the car but bad for your pocket.

 

I either follow the handbook or change according to my pocket but I dont go too much over what is recommended.

 

My ATF, the handbook says no need to change. Just top-up but I drained at 50K km & the ATF was really very dark & looked worn out. I then did a regular drain & fill with Toyota type IV (mineral ATF) till I got it red again & now just do a drain & fill every 10K km whan I get the usual oil change/service. It seems to b working well like that as the shifting is nice & smooth.

 

Next service I wil go back to using RP synthetic ATF but drain & fill every 20K km only.

 

Example is timing belt. The handbook says replace at 60K km but * denotes for "Extreme" conditions eg: a lot of slow driving or long idleing like taxi, police car, etc.

 

So I changed at 70K km without any problems. But when I changed, it was the full Monty incl all belts, tensioner, bearings, seals & water pump.

 

My mech said it was worn but can still b used summore.

 

Next time I wil drag to 80K km b4 I change & see how.

 

My Corona, the handbook said 90K km for extreme usage & normal usage no need to change. Now this I dont really ustand? But I did see somewhere that it sud b changed at 150K km for normal usage, so I followed that.