2004 Toyota 4Runner Transmission Fluid and Filter Change (Part 1) -EricTheCarGuy

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To be honest if I were to do this job again I would just change the fluid and leave the filter alone. It's much less of a headache and you won't have to worry about the exhaust which would be the most challenging part in my opinion. Aside from that it's not likely a filter change will have any real benefit since it's a closed system. In addition there is some speculation as to what the service interval actually is for the transmission fluid and filter is. Lastly be sure that you have some sort of pump to get the fluid into the transmission before you get started because as I show in the video there is no dip stick for this transmission that you can fill through. You also need to be sure to use the proper fluid, I've got my fingers crossed that the MaxLife that I used will hold up fine, so far it's been about 2 months since I shot this video and it seems to be fine. In all it's not a bad job there are just specific procedures that need to be followed to be successful with it.
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@danseman1 10 лет назад

Besides being a great teacher, one of the best things about Eric is that he's honest.

@sweetv8s10 11 лет назад

I always tie my gaskets to the pan with some sewing thread thancut it off when I get some bolts started its a little trick my dad taught me when I was younger.

@ImyurZero 11 лет назад

I don't understand how I sit through a 23 min video watching something I've done a million times.

@boydcrowder6130 6 лет назад

Eric, I just started working at my dads friends body shop, however Im working more on the mechanical end rather than actual body repair. I have to do this exact same job in the morning. I was so happy to find a video walking me through it so that it doesnt take half the day (Im still "in training" and learning alot everyday, most jobs I kinda learn as i go unless someone is there to help) Thankyou so much for posting these videos. It makes my life so much easier. This is not the first time I have diligently watched your videos the evening before starting a certain job. again, thankyou so much for doing what you do on youtube.

@wickedcrypto6004 4 года назад

Eric you are the only person I know who has a clear video on this 4th gen. Bravo Sir I would never do this but you have guts.

@gjl07 11 лет назад

Eric, You know what i like from your videos?, its that you dont skip nothing you show us the whole thing, its like been there with You doing the work & observing all the things that could happend......Im lerning a lot with your videos, keep it up man and Thanks

@Japplesnap 11 лет назад

Just a quick tip (I happen to own the same 2004 4Runner): Since these 4Runner are full frame vehicles, you can jack up the entire side by placing your floor jack on the frame rail evenly centered between the front & rear wheels. With the entire side jacked up, you can then put both of your jack stands in place and lower the jack. Repeat on the other side and you're done. Quick and easy, and you only had to use the floor jack twice instead of four times!

@ericthecarguy 11 лет назад

Yea I find it so much easier to get things done when I'm baked. :)

@deface 3 года назад

Just want to thank you. I'm watching this video in 2021 and I'm helping my buddy replace his leaking trans pan and replace his filter..

@bumblebeecbr 11 лет назад

I think all of us ETCG viewers should pitch in and make a donation so Eric can have a hoist! I know what a pain it is working on your back laying on the floor and I feel for you when watching your videos man!

@Sunshone7311 11 лет назад

It's funny, in High School my Auto Shop teacher referred to my brother and I as "Shadetree Mechanics" referring to a old TV show. There is nothing wrong with doing things old school and even though I only wrench in my spare time it nice to see someone else doing the same. I know from personal experience how difficult it is to get those camera angles and how much longer a job takes to shoot especially by yourself. Keep up the good work and I'll keep watching.

@suzaliemohdantang 8 лет назад

Say thanks and be nice to ERIC...benefit a lot from this video for my HDJ81 VX Limited Toyota

@Hypnotisk 11 лет назад

Cant wait for part 2 !!! :D I love watching you :)

@NameHere02 11 лет назад

On my trans pan gasket, I just stuck the bolts straight into 4 corners of the pan, held the gasket in place. No adhesive necessary.

@leovazquez1130 7 лет назад

Very good video as usual, learned a lot. Thanks Eric.

@heavenscape 11 лет назад

wow, this is a NICE video!! Thanks so much for sharing. I just bought a 2003 4Runner and I love it so much!!

@ericthecarguy 11 лет назад

This has been covered 1000 times over at ETCG1.

@theimpulse77 11 лет назад

Eric I love that you said not to over tighten. I work on motorcycles for a living and my shop is full of bikes that got tore up by DIY work and people put fasteners in with a vein sticking out of their neck. At school we called that the "German spec"... Good n tight.

@crytech706 11 лет назад

eric i have learned more from you then i have ftom my years as a tech and going to ATC thanks!

@Compwhiz128 11 лет назад

Eric, here's a suggestion for dealing with that pesky gasket. Using small string, tie knots in the pan bolt holes so it holds it down, don't need to tie all the holes, and just get enough bolts on to hold the pan to the transmission, and remove the knots.

@Footrotflats251 7 лет назад

its stuff that makes makes me like my 2002 Ford Falcon even more - everything (except the coil pack) is really easy to get too!

@AGuysGarage 11 лет назад

Eric, Keep up the good work man, cant get enough of your videos, and i doubt the gasket will leak as dood below thinks, at least not for @ least 60k miles =) be time to do it all again then. Visited you at ur webpage and threw my 2 cents in on a few of the topics man. just a socket wrench and a few specialty tool kind of wrencher here, and really learn a lot from you. Thank you again.

@ericthecarguy 11 лет назад

If you take care it's not a problem, I've been doing it for years without any incident. The trick is not to torque the heck out of it.

@vtecboy9 11 лет назад

can't wait to watch part 2

@juan58102 11 лет назад

You has helped me a lot with your video.. Thanks.. Greetings from Arica, Chile

@rocnktm 5 лет назад

Excellent videos Eric! Do you know how to change the oil out of a factory TRD super charger for a 2004, 3.6 liter Tacoma? I think it is mineral oil. Keep up the great work and thank you in advance.

@javierr1blue 8 лет назад

Thank you Eric you safe me a lot of money!

@zochpeter 11 лет назад

doing all this without a lift...RESPECT!

@Autofanatic28 11 лет назад

very nice!!! waiting for part 2!

@johnferguson7235 8 лет назад

The Toyota/Lexus pan gasket sealer is fantastic stuff. I use it on all types of vehicles. It only requires the tiniest amount to tack the gasket into place and it never leaks; unless some idiot has messed up the flanges by over-torquing the pan bolts. It comes off easily when removing the pan.

@royb642 7 лет назад

put the new gasket beneath the box with anything large on top to flatten it out before you're ready to install it, so it will remain flat. it doesn't take that long just an hour or less, always clean out the pan thoroughly especially the magnets before reinstall.

@opaka85 11 лет назад

when doing jobs like this i usually put the fasteners in the corners. the gasket is normally small enough to hold onto the fasteners, thusly holding the gasket in place.

@luckyamo15 11 лет назад

Nice editing Eric

@jpsmooth616 11 лет назад

Once again,you've hit it out of the park. Thank you so much for your video.did my surburban which was similar.stay dirty....

@geoffdykes6642 6 лет назад

Good job my man!

@Mersipher 6 лет назад

Hello Eric, I've been watching a few of your videos and I started wondering about my own 4Runner. I've got a 2005 V8 4.7L with 126,000 miles on it now. Looking at the maintenance it says i need a valve clearance adjustment and driveshaft lubrication. Looks like i'll be taking to the same dealer i've used in the past for some of the stuff. They quoted me $236 for the valve clearance adjustment and $99 for the front/rear differential lubrication. Do you think those are pretty accurate fare quotes and on the lubrication part do you recommend i have them lub anything else that they might miss during the process? Thanks for your time and thank you for the great thorough videos.

@TrueBlueEG8 11 лет назад

Dont ya just love working on toyotas, they are so cleverly engineered!

@ericthecarguy 11 лет назад

I have a video on ETCG1 about that. Keep in mind I don't run a shop, I work as ETCG.

@CB-wv3zy 9 лет назад

Draining the trans pan seems to replace only that amount in the pan, what about the majority of the trans fluid that is in the torq converter? Changing the trans filter and fluid in the pan sounds like good maintenance but would not the "old" trans fluid in the torq converter pretty much negate the work as soon as the engine is started and the new and old fluids mixing together? Would a trans flush instead be the best approach? thanks for the video.

@RickBarton 11 лет назад

Great channel man

@ericthecarguy 11 лет назад

Yes I think so.

@josebaltazar5554 3 года назад

Excellent video and information .Thanks .👏👏🤝🤝👍👍

@SilentServiceCode 11 лет назад

I think that brand of seal is the 'bolt holder' style with some of the holes being smaller so the bolt sticks in it, allowing you to hold it in place with like 4-5 bolts around the perimeter as you install it.

@ThatManitobaGuy 11 лет назад

I look forward to it.

@ericthecarguy 11 лет назад

You are my customers.

@innreed24 11 лет назад

Best Honda mechanic around..

@icychap 11 лет назад

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

@Elcementocruzazul 11 лет назад

Great vid!!!! thanks Eric!!!

@robran53 11 лет назад

Eric you have a movie director's sense for suspense. I am anxiously awaiting the tranny refill without a dipstick in the second part .

@vandammefan34 10 лет назад

Eric, you should get yourself a car lift man.

@tijean711 9 лет назад

Hi Eric what is the real torque spec in the FSM of the fuel filter for a 4runner 2001 limited like your video nice job Tanks for all you don to help people . ;)

@harrythehandyman 11 лет назад

You can leave the drain plug open until you get the pan off. So the oil can go out from the drain plug instead of the edge of the pan.

@Grantman787 7 лет назад

thanks for the video. it helped me alot

@spelunkerd 11 лет назад

Magnets attract iron filings that might be present when the trans begins to wear. Those filings are a problem because they get into crevices and tubes and cause scratches elsewhere. The magnets pull the filings away to a common place so they can be removed later. Of course, with new magnesium/aluminum housings, nonmagnetic filings are also a problem.

@frankm1776 4 года назад

Eric, dude you really need a car lift brother!! Working on the ground is so old school! lol

@aaronabner4317 9 лет назад

Hi Eric? Is the 2001 Toyota Tundra the same as the 2004 Toyota 4Runner Transmission fluid and filter sequence? Thanks, Ab

@AAAComputerSolutions 11 лет назад

NM I really need to watch the whole video...but I saw you putting on the gasket and was like whoa

@n2daair23 5 лет назад

Fasteners? That’s different. Almost always hear them referred to as bolts. Thanks for showing the band-aid fix. Now how do you get the other 6 or 7 quarts out?

@Officer239 4 года назад

So glad these don’t have a sealed transmission Toyota coming in clutch with still making shit easy to do yourself

@AamirZ 11 лет назад

No!!! The video finished :( looking forward to part 2! :)

@ericthecarguy 11 лет назад

I cover that in part 2

@willibill1 11 лет назад

Eric. several years ago i did that to my 80 malabu, i took my wifes clothe iron and ironed the gasket, worked fine, flattend it right out.

@rsawyer05 9 лет назад

Hi Eric, I have a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 and recently replaced the transmission filter and fluid. When I got up in there I noticed there where 2 filters, a flat filter and a small round filter, much like an oil filter. Just thought you could do a video on a vehicle with 2 transmission filters. Thanks Russell

@ThatManitobaGuy 11 лет назад

A 2000 Sienna has a dipstick and uses Dexron 3 ATF. However you are right, that the 4Runner Eric is working is a WS Fluid transmission. Though you are wrong about "needing" a scantool to check the transmission temperature. You can also use a procedure using the shifter and having the D light blink to indicate if the temperature range is proper or not but it is much easier to use a proper scantool to read transmission fluid temperature.

@Billy-rr7re 8 лет назад

thanks for a great video but, it seems (15:10) that some of the brake cleaning stuff got inside the pan and stayed there with the adhesive for the gasket (not good). not sure if the cleaning of the pan was left out of the video.

@TheRhonorful 5 лет назад

I'm guessing the stuff evaps almost instantly

@UltraDamaja 11 лет назад

Great video!

@pugman205 11 лет назад

Eric has covered this on one of his ETCG1 videos. It is down to a few reasons why he does not have a lift at present, mostly down to the fact the buildings electrics need to be taken into account and checked out first.

@SoutheastHVAC 7 лет назад

Damn that fluid looked burnt. I wouldn't have changed it lol. But great video! Exactly the same on my tundra

@mendoblendo321 11 месяцев назад

Exactly why you should change it

@SoutheastHVAC 11 месяцев назад

@@mendoblendo321 I’m sure 6 years ago, I was being sarcastic 😂

@valdiviajr1 2 года назад

Thank you very much for the video

@willibill1 11 лет назад

Aw Man, thats the part i wanted to see, filling that badboy!

@waliagovind 11 лет назад

Awesome video. Eric you might have to do another dran and fill on the 4runner. Toyota moved to WS fluid after 04. I would check the books and check if the aftermarket fluid meets toyotas WS standard. I think parts guy might have made an error. When i did my change i could not find any aftermarket fluid with WS standard. I paid $10/quart at the dealership for WS fluid. Even with wrong fluid this will do better than a honda 5 speed transmissions.

@TJQ09 11 лет назад

Most Type IV vehicles we service have already had their trans fluid changed before, so we're just told to recommend if it it's dark or burnt-smelling. That's what I'd go with. I've heard 60K intervals works with T-IV. I don't and probably never will own an automatic vehicle, at least not in the near future, so I don't pay attention to A/T services lol.

@takethis2urgrv 11 лет назад

do u recommend changing transmission fluid every 30k miles? I usually drop pan and change fluid I never drain torque converter and my fluid is alwAys a bright cheer

@machina_aeterna 3 года назад

Great info. Thanks.

@Mickey_Bauer 11 лет назад

Huh, i'm gonna call my dad, see if he needs an oil change...nice video Eric!!!

@shepd3 11 лет назад

They sure can be once the vehicle is old enough. I bought an ex-cop/ex-taxi vehicle with 300,000 kms on it. The transmission fluid was full of fine clutch crud. I did 3 1/2 fluid changes on it, which flushed pretty much all of the junk out and the transmission went from shifty :p to not bad for 300,000 kms.

@ericthecarguy 11 лет назад

Wait till you see part 2

@mmarte1622 4 года назад

Back in the 80's to hold the gasket in place while is tacky. I used to put all the bolts temporary on top of the gasket though the holes. For a few minutes. It would stay attached to the pan.

@unixplus 8 лет назад

nice video !

@Robsbrd99 3 года назад

Hey Eric, I've got an 08 4runner 4.0 with only 50k on it. The trans hasn't been touched. I'm going to do a drain n fill. Do you recommend doing the filter too? I've heard it May be a cleanable screen.

@jzbrynn 3 года назад

Mr. Eric: I have a 2004 Toyota 4runner, 4.0 Liter approximately, the transmission pan is leaking. I suspect either gasket or the pan is deteriorated. I would like to replace transmission fluid pan and the gasket. The pan also come with a dipstick pipe attached to it. My question is, if I want to replace the fluid pan, all I have to do just follow the procedure whatever you do in the video? Although the car is slightly different, but it seems similar to me.

@2mkmasters 10 лет назад

"Tight.... But not OMG tight" -Eric

@dave1135 11 лет назад

When i worked at goodyear, we used the atp brand trans filter kits. The gasket had smaller bolt holes at the corners, you pushed the bolts through and it held t

@knurlgnar24 11 лет назад

You must live somewhere warm and sunny. Lucky you. That makes all auto work easier.

@condor5635 7 лет назад

Seems very strange that so much fluid came out after you detached the pan since you had already drained it earlier via the drain bolt! Great Video

@SalimKhan-gk1fh 7 лет назад

condor5635 yes you are right a lot of oil come out because the sump bolt plug should be left out draining for five minutes and then as you tip the sump pan and removal of the rest will come out you don't need to do a balancing act! I personally would have washed out the sump pan remove the magnets wash and clean them with a white tissue paper till no more more crap comes off them, I would use a new sump plug with the washer attached or buy a crush washer the most worrying part of this job is that cork gasket! I hate them!!!!! Eric needs to buy a torque wrench!!

@Eddie2425 8 месяцев назад

It bothered me also. He could’ve removed the plug, let it drain, then put it back in finger tight, removed the bolts, then taken the plug out again and let it drain again. The most bothersome for me was not removing all the magnets, thoroughly cleaning them like you said, and spraying the bottom of the pan out with brake clean! I was like WTF!?

@amopastorcanadense 8 лет назад

that oil color that came out is just like my lc vx 04 after all these years.

@tunespt 11 лет назад

Hey Eric, you know what I do to keep the gaskets straight? Iron them ! Really, it works like a charm to keep those twisted boxed gaskets straight, However I've serviced automatics only twice.. we are not really great fans of automatics here.

@ericthecarguy 11 лет назад

I'm fine, trust me.

@imranabbasi7871 6 лет назад

Nice job

@SkinnySkinch 2 года назад

Any chance you know if the trans temp sensor that throws a PO713 code is an easy replacement? I can't find much online on how to replace it and don't want to give a Toyota dealer $1,000 bucks for no reason!

@000plug000 10 лет назад

I take it that it's basically the smae procedure for the FJ cruiser? I want to replace the filter and fluid. I was planning on using Transynd.....any thoughts? I haven't been able to find anything on the FJ. I was planning on pulling one of the cooler lines and running it until the fluid flushes out prior to replacing the filter.

@peppytoolman4960 6 лет назад

Totally agree wish every trans pan had a drain . Really sucks to take an atf bath lol

@us3rnam3144 11 лет назад

Really need to get you a lift one of these days eric.

@cetGT3 11 лет назад

hello eric, since you mentioned lubricating the driveshafts i have a question that i would like your oppinion on CV boots,gaiters, i seem to not go through a year without having to change twice a year,is it because im putting too much molly grease or is it just the quality of the rubber,i have tried different brands short-long,just seems to not last a year before spliting or otherwise!?

@lightningsmokerXx 9 лет назад

THE ENGINEER WHO DESIGNED THAT 4RUNNER so that the exhaust blocks the oil pan should be taken out behind the Toyota Headquarters and kicked squarely in the nuts. Friggin ridiculous design

@MegaCityOne 6 лет назад

True. Japanese are known for their hate of outsiders.

@The1emerican 5 лет назад

My 98 4runner 3rd gen has only a sway bar in the way of the transmission pan. Easy to drop the pan and do a trans fluid change. Also has a dipstick.

@drizzlecan1199 5 лет назад

There’s another star key drain plug he should of emptied before pan drop would of made it around the exhaust without issues of space and oil dripping .

@TheRhonorful 5 лет назад

As far as the engineers are concerned, this is a sealed unit. It shouldn't need to be serviced unless it's by a tech is the reasoning.

@TheRhonorful 5 лет назад

Also, I have a later 4th gen model (limited) and an exhaust removal/moving is not needed. Pan drops straight down.

@Imakeplanesboom 11 лет назад

Would a p0171 most likely be caused by a vacuum leak or a fuel delivery/combustion issue (fuel filter, injector, or plug issue) You're the guru! Haha

@thec4ke 11 лет назад

Sometimes a little acetone on the pan gasket surface will help that gasket adhesive stick better, especially if you get a mangled one (ie 9/10 times).

@cadillacescalade1 6 лет назад

Hi Eric What if i blow compressed air into the return hose of transmission and get old atf out from the torque converter without starting engine Will it work??

@Jerkwad152 11 лет назад

2:47 Eric's super-powers come to the fore! :D

@Stevespecs 7 лет назад

Toyota dealer told me they do not drop the pan. They said the filter is not serviceable and they drain and replace thru the lines on 04 4 runner v6? ?