2000 Toyota Tundra Transmission Fluid Type
First make sure your Tundra is cool so the transmission fluid doesnt burn you.
2000 toyota tundra transmission fluid type. Video demonstration showing all the required steps to 100 change ALL the transmission fluid in your Toyota Tundra truck. I actually had no issues and my truck has 207K. Tundra 34 V6 24V 2WD USA VCK30-Check 5000 miles 6 months.
Instead like an oil change keep. Get specific recommendations for service about fluid type and capacity of your Toyota automatic. Make sure you do not remove it all the way.
Transmission fluid is the lubricant for all the moving parts that make up your vehicles transmission. Tundra 34 V6 24V 4WD USA VCK30-Check 5000 miles 6 months. Any Dex-III will work for the transmission and the power steering system.
Your 02 V8 2WD Tundra takes DEXRON-III transmission fluid. Also ideal for Toyota power steering systems. I used Valvoline DexMerc from Advance Auto.
Although like all Toyota parts and supplies it comes at a premium price the alternative of needing to replace the transmission because one used the wrong fluid with a Toyota rebuild 2990 for the DIY install it isnt that bad. In this video just a quick rundown on removal and replacement of the automatic transmission assembly in this Tundra and I figured out that the starter is u. Drive to heat trans to op temp remove star screw at right side of tans pan lower rear portion if fluid drains its full.
Type T-IV is backwardly compatible and is fine but kind of expensive. Toyota makes their own conventional Dexron II and III approved fluid available in one quart bottles from Toyota dealers and its specifically formulated by Toyota for use in Toyota transmissions that call for Dexron II and III fluid. The transmission pan drain plug is the rearmost of two drain plugs.