D0nat

Which model do you drive?

jizz4jazz

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2007 IS250, Its at 150,000 Miles now on MAXLIFE ATF, Transmissions smooth, and shifts like butter. I went to 140,000 without changing the fluid, anything would have been better than the fluid that was in the trans.

D0nat

Thanks for your feedback but I’ve just bought 12liters of Toyota WS before I opened this tread again))) Tomorrow morning I’m going to service it with special machine. On 40000km Toyota WS was renewed particially with filter and now there’s 80000km on a clock. Seems it’s time to make a complete fluid change.

IS250DIYER

I replaced the trans in my 06 IS250 last year. I didn't get fluid thill the last minute and bing a weekend the Toyota dealer was closed so I went with max life because I wanted so bad to see the car drive again. I didn't want to use maxlife but I also didnt want to wait. The fluid worked but right off the bat I could tell the car didnt like it. Over the next week I'd say I did 8 drain and fills and spent around $140 on fluid. I knew I wouldn't get all of the max life out but I sure did try. Overall Toyota WS is what I would say to use. I will always go with OEM in a car or trucks transmission.

Ashton H.

D0nat

As I mentioned above I made a complete change of ATF WS in my transmission using special machine.
Partially changed ATF at 40000km were dark red but not burned, so it's definitely need a change.
I bought 12 liters of Toyota WS, and only 10.5 liters were used to perform a change.
Also memory reset was done. My mechanic told me to drive first kilometers slow, because transmission computer should be adopted.
So right now I can't say that I feel the difference before and after ATF change, maybe AT operates a lil bit smoother.

DJPsystems

I have switched to Maxlife ATF and I have had no problems. I first dropped the pan and changed the filter. I then did 3 drain and fills. Transmission shifts normally. I don't see what all the fuss is about.

D0nat

My mechanic told me that he made so many ATF changes on these cars, and saw that people used different ATFs and not only WS-type fluids, and transmissions did not died even with dexron III ...
I think it's not good idea to use such a different viscosity but any LV fluid, which named WS-type, should operate without any issue.