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Bought a slightly used 2016 Avalon this summer with 50,200 miles on it. Immediately drain and filled the transmission (as there was no history of a service) and even for WS standards, I was shocked at the color. And this is not the first time I’ve run into this...owned a Lexus LS460 and did a spill and fill at 74,000 miles...very dark colored fluid, but I was able to get it “red” again after a couple spill and fills and a pan drop.
My Avalon has now had two spill and fills and a pan drop, filter replacement and whatever amount of WS it needed to reach proper fluid level (temp check, etc). So, I figured...it’s “red” now, but I recently pulled the plug after 8,000 miles of driving after the pan drop and it now looks dark purple/plum color. Two Darin and fills, one pan drop and fluid fill...and it still doesn’t look red? Thing shifts fine, great actually. No metal on the magnets and factory filter looked pretty darn good (I cut it open).
I know WS can change color pretty quickly, but I’m still surprised of the color after all these fluid changes from 50,000-64,000 miles where it sits at now. These are pictures of my initial spill and fill and my last one, with new fluid as a comparison in the first picture.
My Avalon has now had two spill and fills and a pan drop, filter replacement and whatever amount of WS it needed to reach proper fluid level (temp check, etc). So, I figured...it’s “red” now, but I recently pulled the plug after 8,000 miles of driving after the pan drop and it now looks dark purple/plum color. Two Darin and fills, one pan drop and fluid fill...and it still doesn’t look red? Thing shifts fine, great actually. No metal on the magnets and factory filter looked pretty darn good (I cut it open).
I know WS can change color pretty quickly, but I’m still surprised of the color after all these fluid changes from 50,000-64,000 miles where it sits at now. These are pictures of my initial spill and fill and my last one, with new fluid as a comparison in the first picture.