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Purple Transmission fluid coming out

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by latitude500, Mar 17, 2019.

  1. latitude500

    latitude500 Junior Member

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    First off just want to say thank you for having this forum. I'm a long time reader and it enabled me to pick up a 2013 Prius III for a steal of a deal.

    She has 120k on the clock so I thought I would start off right and do a engine oil & Transmission oil change. The oil change went fine, but when I removed the drain plug I had what looked like purple transmission fluid coming out. Picture below. Is this normal, does Toyato use PURPLE trans fluid. I've always seen RED since I was a kid.

    Someone needs to tell me everything is going to be okay and there will be cake. Could this be the royal purple oil that someone put in the car?
     

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    Discolored ATF-WS is brownish/purple. What you saw was perfectly normal.
     
    #2 The Critic, Mar 18, 2019
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    Thank god. Okay, so I have a lot to learn about these little cars.
     
    #3 latitude500, Mar 18, 2019
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    Just refill with the car level, till it starts coming out. And use the Toyota ATF WS. A funnel with about 3 foot of hose, (OD 1/2" or less IIRC, to fit the fill hole) from above is simple. If you get 4 quarts you'll have enough, should take around 3.5~3.8.

    The attached might be of help, mainly for torque values. Don't bother to recheck level after test drive; it's a big effort, and the level doesn't change.
     

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    Thank you for that info
     
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