Recently being busy with my studies, I have been neglecting my car maintenance but I have been having a feeling that something is amiss with the transmission and tire grip. It was then I remembered one person who said to me that my gearbox is not exactly a healthy looking one and I should be careful of it. He was also the one who told me that my ATF is starting to have black spots. I remembered that and wanted to do something about it but was waiting for the time for my scheduled service.
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It was getting too serious so I had no choice but to go for a checkup. At the mechanic's place, the ATF was let out and it was dark brown close to black in color and far from the original red color. It was only 6000 km in and usually it is only change at 20000 km. By that I knew my gearbox is at a bad shape and just replacing the ATF won't work. So, a flush is in need and I had the filter and gasket replaced as well. The whole process used up 8 bottles of ATF and this time I didn't use the standard Toyota Type-IV and went with Top 1 Formula.
Now I have to run in the transmission and see if it drives the way I know it should. Now on to my second problem, the tires. Ever since the first set of tires (2 Maxspeed in the front 2 Kumho in the back), I got the Falken 915 for all 4. I immediately regretted these tires as the grip was bad and low quality. I have the idea of going back to different sets of tires for the front and the back with the back having negative camber again. All this for better handling and grip. I just have to research for good tires and until then I have slide on rainy days. Good Training.
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| Auto Gearbox Naked |
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| New Filter |
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P.S. My one of a kind Foglight was cracked from stone chipping resulted from high speed driving. Damn.
