2011 avalon drain and fill
I was swapping the radiator and because I was gonna lose some transmission fluid i decided to finally attempt my 1st drain and fill on any car in my life.
Its very nerve racking doing something new and I've aleays been told not to mess with stuff that aint broke.
After 15 years the gasket was like hard plastic. The fluid is black. To my suprise the magnets didnt have much metal on them. Very good sign.
You have to be very careful with the aluminum threads, even working them with a 1/4 hand driver i had one problem thread that I jad to mess with and swap bolts around. I used a torque wrench because the torque is so low.
After dropping the pan and replacing the filter and radiator my transmission took pretty much a gallon of new fluid.
At 1st I didnt put enough in so I filled more and drove the car on jack stands to go thru the gears. I actually got up to 40mph and let it shift thru all the gears and then finally had some come out of the drain plug and waited for it to come to a trickle before plugging it.
Shifted great on the test drive. Not sure if its placebo but I feel great about the car.
15 years old 80,000 miles btw