CVT fuild change.....

[dipper]

I went to Piercy Toyota twice, and two different times.... their service managers said Piercy does not have a service for changing the CVT fluid.

If they do not want my business, I guess I should not give them my money.

So is there any good dealership or independent shops that know how to do the CVT fuild change (in the San Jose Area)?

My wife's Prius has 50k now and would like to keep it for many more miles... especially now she puts in more than 100 miles/day.

[bwilson4web]

What model year Prius?

Are you willing to do it yourself?

Do you have an independent mechanic you trust to do the work?

It is a fairly easy job but the 2001-03 has a slightly different process from the 2004-current. You might also consider having the coolant replaced but if they don't know how to change the transaxle oil, someone at their shop needs a 'clue by four.'

Bob Wilson

[V8Cobrakid]

dipper, please fill out your car info. we need to know year and location... well.. we know you're in san jose.

i would try capital toyota. they have pretty a pretty good work force over there. no overfills

[V8Cobrakid]

i need to get this done too... if i can ever find the instructions to it.. i'll do it myself.

after i get my oil change done ...... which i have the oil for and filter...

[dipper]

It's a 2005. I don't want to do it myself right now. So hoping if anyone has done it around here in the SF Bay Area. Mainly in San Jose around if possible.

[Dr Rocket]

I'm is So Cal so I can't help you out with a mechanic. But the process is fairly simple. I have done it myself. Next June I will take pictures when I change it again. If you want to piece it together there are instructions with some pictures here.

Bottom line, there are two hex wrench nuts to open (high one first, ignore the hissing sound), bottom one dumps the fluid. Get a funnel with about 3 feet of tubing to put in exactly 4 quarts of the Prius special fluid--only available at the dealer. 2 dealer only washers.

I would rate is a little more difficult than an oil change. Good luck.

PS, from what I read here, you don't need to change it until 50,000 miles.

[hobbit]

I suggest going immediately over to Luscious Garage
where Carolyn and the gang specialize in hybrids and can do this
stuff in their sleep.
.
_H*

[morpheusx]

And I suggest changing it, I had a dealership tell me that there was no need to change the transmission fluid in my wife's Beetle as Volkswagen has "lifetime transmission fluid". So much for that as the Tranny gave up on me in that car at only 85,000 miles.

[Patrick Wong]

Originally Posted by morpheusx

And I suggest changing it, I had a dealership tell me that there was no need to change the transmission fluid in my wife's Beetle as Volkswagen has "lifetime transmission fluid". So much for that as the Tranny gave up on me in that car at only 85,000 miles.

Well, it sounds like 85K miles was the life of that transmission - so no problem!

Oh - you expected the transmission to last 150K miles or more? Never mind...

Originally Posted by Dr Rocket

...Bottom line, there are two hex wrench nuts to open (high one first, ignore the hissing sound), bottom one dumps the fluid. Get a funnel with about 3 feet of tubing to put in exactly 4 quarts of the Prius special fluid--only available at the dealer. 2 dealer only washers...

If you have 2G, you will need a 24 mm (or 15/16") socket to remove the fill plug, and a 10 mm hex key socket to remove the drain plug. Make sure that you do not remove the drain plug for the inverter/transaxle coolant by mistake.

The correct fluid to be used for 2G is Toyota ATF WS, which should cost ~$5 per quart.

[jdenenberg]

Originally Posted by Patrick Wong

The correct fluid to be used for 2G is Toyota ATF WS, which should cost ~$5 per quart.

And a reasonable dealer charge to do it for you is $90 (including 4 quarts of Type WS ATF).

JeffD