HELP! Gear Oil change on a sedan - Toyota Yaris Forums

drifto · 05-13-2007, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by GuySmily

Be careful because the bolts have very flat heads, so your sockets will have a hard time keeping grip. Some people have ground down the ends of their sockets because the ends of sockets are rounded.

buy some metric snap-on sockets, youll be fine

worth every penny

blacksan · 05-13-2007, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by drifto

buy some metric snap-on sockets, youll be fine

worth every penny

Several years ago I picked up a socket set (Met Wrench) that grips the flats vs edges on metric and standard that work real dam good! I have a little bit of everything and do like every thing about Snap On, but the price.

CASTREX · 05-13-2007, 03:18 AM

Thanks for the help.

BTW, changing gears feels so much smoother after the change!

blacksan · 05-13-2007, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by CASTREX

Thanks for the help.

BTW, changing gears feels so much smoother after the change!

How many miles on the previous lube? Did you go with synthetic? Did you consider a magnetic drain plug?

CASTREX · 05-13-2007, 03:46 AM

My car has 5K miles. This is my second change, I did the first one at 1K miles with regular oil. Went with Amsoil full syntetic. No magnetic plug. 0w-30 for the engine and 75w-90 for the tranny. You can feel de difference right away!

blacksan · 05-13-2007, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by CASTREX

My car has 5K miles. Went with Amsoil full syntetic. 0w-30 for the engine and 75w-90 for the tranny. You can feel de difference right away!

Yes, yes, I am also a firm believer in Amsoil!!! The only thing I would have done diffrently is gone with 5W-30 in your part of the world. I can't imagine it gets cold enough to take advantage of the 0W-30. What brand of filter do you use?

CASTREX · 05-13-2007, 03:52 AM

Yep is hot around here. maybe will change to 5w-30 in 6 or 7 months when I change it again.
Used a WIX filter.

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05-13-2007, 03:18 AM	#3
CASTREX Who said Yaris was slow? View User's Garage Drives: Yaris T-Sport 2008 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Costa Rica Posts: 1,287	Thanks for the help. BTW, changing gears feels so much smoother after the change!

05-13-2007, 03:46 AM	#5
CASTREX Who said Yaris was slow? View User's Garage Drives: Yaris T-Sport 2008 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Costa Rica Posts: 1,287	My car has 5K miles. This is my second change, I did the first one at 1K miles with regular oil. Went with Amsoil full syntetic. No magnetic plug. 0w-30 for the engine and 75w-90 for the tranny. You can feel de difference right away!

05-13-2007, 03:52 AM	#7
CASTREX Who said Yaris was slow? View User's Garage Drives: Yaris T-Sport 2008 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Costa Rica Posts: 1,287	Yep is hot around here. maybe will change to 5w-30 in 6 or 7 months when I change it again. Used a WIX filter.