toyota tacoma should i flush transmission and coolant system or just replace the fluids?
Mar 19, 2010 by raymond131ll | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs
i have a 98 tacoma bought it with 158k miles now has 162k miles been replacing everything that should be fuel filter belts filters ect.. now im going to do the transmission and coolant. should i flush the transmission or should i just drain it and put
You can just drain and replace trans fluid. Manual transmissions usually do not get as hot and nasty as automatics. The coolant could use flushing, just to make sure there is nothing swirling around your system that could clog the radiator or a water
Stangman | Mar 19, 2010
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