I’m doing 30k mile intervals on mine
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I had Toyota do mine last and a land cruiser shop did my tranny. I assume they use Toyota OEM. I like using the shop for the tranny because they have a machine that uses the pump on the transmission to move the fluid and monitor its pressure. It’s only like 200 bucks for the tranny and another 175ish for the diffs and TC so I’ll probably just have the shop do them all together again next time also.Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. What fluid do you use for the diffs and TC?
Thanks.Diffs and TC fluids are affected the most by water/debris. My rear diff fluid especially gets gross after 1 year. The front isn't too bad and the TC usually looks fine. But I drive through lots of 2 ft plus deep creeks and mudholes. If you aren't doing that, 30k is probably fine for diffs and TCs.
A hot diff will often suck in some water past the seals when it gets fully submerged in cold water. Even if you have an extended diff breather, which I do. My fluid is usually very dark brown after a year with a little light-colored fluid on top, which is the water/oil mixture. Needless to say it won't function as well as a lubricant if it's contaminated with creek water. It could also be somewhat worn from towing but I'm not totally sure.Thanks.
Do you get water in your diffs by all those crossing is that what you mean by nasty? Or just worn out oil? If water does get in there and there is oil present will/can it still rust. Or does the damage come when the oil is basically replaced by the water?
Any reason you are replacing batteries in 24 months?For anyone interested, here is my full custom schedule with intervals. Mind you I drive about 30k miles a year:
Oil & Filter (8k)
F Pads (50k)
R Pads (30k)
Brake Fluid (30k)
Rotors (60k)
Align (7k)
Balance (7k)
Rotate (7k)
Air Filter (15k)
Cabin Filter (15k)
Power Steer Fluid (50k)
Coolant (30k)
Front/Rear Diff Dluid (30k)
Transfer Case Fluid (30k)
Trans Fluid Drain and fill (40k)
Grease Driveshafts (15k)
Sparks (60k)
Battery 24 months
Wipers inserts x3 (6k)
Moreso a reminder to check battery health than anythingAny reason you are replacing batteries in 24 months?
Your rotors only last about 60k miles? With a FL address, I don't assume you do a lot of hills and grades. Do you??For anyone interested, here is my full custom schedule with intervals. Mind you I drive about 30k miles a year:
Oil & Filter (8k)
F Pads (50k)
R Pads (30k)
Brake Fluid (30k)
Rotors (60k)
Align (7k)
Balance (7k)
Rotate (7k)
Air Filter (15k)
Cabin Filter (15k)
Power Steer Fluid (50k)
Coolant (30k)
Front/Rear Diff Dluid (30k)
Transfer Case Fluid (30k)
Trans Fluid Drain and fill (40k)
Grease Driveshafts (15k)
Sparks (60k)
Battery 24 months
Wipers inserts x3 (6k)
I know that this is a controversial subject, but 10k oil changes are a joke. You'd be lucky to get an engine to 200k miles with those sorts of intervals. Lexus recommends in-between services every 5k, but the in-between checks are mostly BS that any idiot can do (inspect, rotate tires, yada yada). I don't care how good the oil was that went into it, the oil can only hold so much crap in it before it starts to become overwhelmed. I'm not talking about big stuff that gets caught in filters, it's all of the small stuff like sulfur, soot, and carbon. These little particles (especially the sulfur!) love to wreak havoc on wear items, most notably rings and timing chains where there is not a large oil film present. There are additives present in oils to trap them and contain them within the oil, but eventually the additive gets all used up and the oil gets saturated with contaminants. Oil is cheap. Engines aren't. You'll never blow an engine by doing too many oil changes.
Good stuff. If you are still running the oe panasonic or any battery that has removeable caps check water level as per Lexus manuals. In addition adding a trickle charger if possible helps all the way.Moreso a reminder to check battery health than anything
+1. You also need to establish a wear pattern over multiple ocs to find trends for your motor as a single report wont establish anything.While I don't promote 10k oil changes nor disagree with your notion of more are better, you can send oil samples to Blackstone Labs for an oil analysis to check a lot of the things you're concerned about. They provide a pretty good assessment of the oil performance, your OCI, and theorize what could be causing any anomalies. If there is any excess wear, it would show up in the elements report.
I used to get these done on my Subaru due to the finicky (aka like-to-explode) nature of their older turbocharged engines.
Here's a sample report from their website:
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