# Tranny oil change

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranny-oil-change/43728>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** corolla, toyota\
**Created:** [February 2, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranny-oil-change/43728 "2010-02-02T20:39:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ronny\_Speir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Ronny\_Speir](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ronny_Speir)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranny-oil-change/43728/1 "2010-02-02T20:39:01Z")

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thanks ever one the following advice was given to me by all of you,No back flush,but get on a fluid exchange machine pan dropand change filter I called 4 tranny shops 2 are national chains all of them told me fluid exchange machine can do lots of harm to my tranny and I should only get pan dropand filter only P.S.if you see a 1996 corolla question its most likely me im a senior and hope to drive this car a lot longer thanks Ronny

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranny-oil-change/43728/2 "2010-02-02T20:41:45Z")

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Thanks for your feedback!

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**Author:** ![Jeffmw05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Jeffmw05](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeffmw05)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tranny-oil-change/43728/3 "2010-02-02T21:37:16Z")

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It’s interesting how Tom & Ray even indirectly recommend a transmission fluid exhange, assuming they wrote the article.

> **[Service Your Car](https://www.cartalk.com/content/service-your-car-14)**
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> Transmission fluid is a slippery liquid that acts as a lubricant for all of the moving parts inside your transmission.