Corolla Atlis AT maintenance

[BigHead]

Mga chief, tanong ko lang po kung hindi ba mahirap nang mag maintain ng 2003 Altis na Automatic Transmission? Particularly ung automatic gear box nya since more or less 7yrs old na sya?

Tnx mga chief

[CivicVTi]

Nabili mo ba second hand ang kotse? Standard procedure after purchasing would be to replace all vital engine fluids (coolant, power steering fluid, ATF fluid, engine oil, brake fluid, etc).

Regarding the ATF, buy the original from Toyota (ATF Type T-IV, required fluid change interval is every 40K mileage). Do not replace with any other fluid other than the ones recommended by Toyota.

[meledson]

almost the same lang ang maintenance ng 1.3, 1.5 at 1.6 na toyota. every 5K (and every change oil) palit oil filter. every 40K palit lahat ng fluids. spark plugs palit every 10,000 km or 20,000 km. air filter every 20,000 km pero better kung every 10,000 km. change oil ay depende kung mineral or full synthetic. mineral everu 5,000 km. syntheic every 10,000 km.

every 20,000 km ay aircon maintenance.

kaso altis, it sill be better to change oil earlier. 4,000 km (mineral) and 8,000 km (synthetic).

ilan na ba ang odometer? dahil 2nd hand, i will recommend na pumunta ka sa katiwalang mekaniko para ma open ang engine cover para makita ang "health" ng makina.

I am using:
+ toyota type IV ATF for the ATF and Power steering.
+ prestone brake fluid
+ toyota long life coolant, pero for now, distilled water muna
+ castrol semi synthetic oil (palit every 5,000 km) good for 7,000 km 10W-40

I was planning to use toyota mineral oil kaso malapot pala at 20W-50. IMO, better ang 10W-40.

[speed unlimited]

Kung nakuha mo iyan mag seven years na hindi natin alam kung paano inalagaan ng dating may ari ang makina . Altis engine prone sa sludge pag hindi napapalitan agad ang langis para malaman mo ito pag binuksan mo valve cover kung maraming naninigas na nasunog na langis na nakakapit sa gilid . Para maiwasan mo ito kahit mineral oil lang change every 3000Km para malinis muna iyong mga latak sa loob ng makina at oil pan na kadalasan dito nabubuo iyong mga dumi. Iyong tungkol naman sa Automatic transmission nasa tamang alaga at pagpapalit nito ayon sa Owners manual mo ng ATF fluid para maging matagal ang serbisyo sa iyo at tamang ATF fluid level nito.

[BigHead]

Thank you very much sa mga reply and inputs nyo mga chief.

Yes second-hand na sya, pero casa maintained (as far as I know) kase service vehicle sya nung bayaw ko so I would think na maaring original Toyota fluids lang ang ginagamit nila tho tama kayo, it would still be better to check and replace the fluids if necessary.

Concern ko lang kase dahil laging malayo ang mga bini-biyahe ng auto nya tho I still need to confirm the mileage first. Kaya medyo napaisip lang ako na baka laspag na rin yung automatic transmission nya at ako lang din ang mahirap mag maintain nito in the long run.

with regards to the sludge naman, at lease it's good to know na may paraan din palang malinis at matanggal to from your engine completely. Pero how do you prevent it from coming back?

[meledson]

early change oils than scheduled will help lessen the possibility of sludge.