2009-10 manual transmission oil change

[star_deceiver]

Here's the thread for 2003-08 Vibes http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=29283I drove around for a half hour to warm up the tranny.Take off the fill plug first. These things were TIGHT!!!! Use a 24mm socket.Then the drainDon't forget to put it back on after....Get out your funnel or tube and pour it in. The tranny with the 1.8L (C151 I believe) takes 1.9L, so about 2 bottles!Keep the oil warm before you pour it inPut the fill plug back on, wipe up whatever you spilled, and take 'er for a rip. Stop after a couple of km's and check to make sure everything is tight and that you're not leaking! Re-check after a few days of driving to make sure the drain and fill plugs are still tight!

[vibedrivermatt]

nice one man thanks. not sure when I'll be due to do this but I'll be doing it sooner or later. I might have a different a amount of gear oil for the 2.4 though.

[star_deceiver]

I did mine early on, 18000kms ish. Not sure how well Toyota machines their gears but there will always be some break-in wear, better to do it sooner then later IMO.Yours will take 2.5L vs my 1.9L. (so you'll have half a bottle sitting around when you're done)I also noticed that the base manual tranny doesn't have a magnetic drain plug...

[vibedrivermatt]

OK Im now a member of the clean transmission gear oil club! Just did my 2.4 manual and I have a little story about it. I raised my car and supported it on jack stands, had them evenly adjusted so they were level. I removed the filler and drain plugs to drain the fluid. took a look at the aluminum gaskets which are supposed to get replaced every time. I borrowed my dads car and took my washers and drain plug to an auto parts store because surely they would carry this type of simple item. After going to four different parts stores and finding out none of them have this type of washer. I was able to get an aluminum one that was close enough from a NAPA and a copper one from the parts guy from at a GMC dealer. Parts guy gave me a copper one for free, he informed me that this is the type used for subie trannys. Both of the gaskets I had were the incorrect type.. but were close enough to the size needed to make a seal around the drain and filler plugs. I decided to use a pump hooked to an upside down bottle hooked to a hose that went into the filler hole to fill it. This was a dumb idea. Several times during the filling process. The hose would slip off the bottle. Other times the hose would push itself out of the filler hole. Long story short I was making at total mess. Really I had to stop and hook up something like what star_deceiver has pictured. A funnel, attached to a hose that goes into the filler hole. This is a simple system that works. Its pretty fool proof and I gotta say that's the way to do it if you wanna avoid making a mess. I filled it up with a valvoline synthetic 75W-90. since the owners manual specifies synthetic this was also what the parts store happened to be carrying. Since I was a newb at doing this it took better part of the day. tranny shifts a little smoother now. Glad I got some experience doing this. next time I'm special ordering the washers from the dealer. Reusing these is prob not the worst thing as long as you don't over tighten and you not leaking. Also using the simple hose funnel system for putting the fluid in next time the first time. I guesstimate that next time it will take me less than a hour.I have to give props to star_deceiver for posting the how-to because I prob wouldn't have bothered doing it if he didn't post the how-to. If it weren't for him I wouldn't have become all OCD worrying about small metal particles wearing away at my transmission parts. Now my minds at ease. Thanks man!

[star_deceiver]

See, now wasn't that fun!!! And sorry about the OCD.....

[vhoward1122]

Hey. Thanks for doing this post. Now I see where the plugs are and what to expect. I kinda got interested where you list 1.9 liters for the capacity and my owners manual says 2 quarts. The conversion I came up with for liters to quarts is 1.9 L = 2.01 quarts. The numbers are very close.

[star_deceiver]

No prob!I've got all the things to do this again... Tools - checkRedLine MT-90 - checkHose.... now which box is that in...

[tpollauf]

Not sure what the recommended mileage interval is for doing this, but as my Vibe sits in the garage at 11000 miles, it may be ten years or so before it gets changed. Also, as I found out with motor oil in my 1992 F-150, after too many years of running the same fluids REGARDLESS of the mileage, you should still change it My F-150 will get the oil changed this spring even though it only has a little over 2000 miles put on it during the past SIX years Gotta love driving a commercial vehicle all the time. My two personal vehicles spend more time parked instead of driven Plus this winter my wife is not working so the winter tires that I put on my vibe got very little use. She was able to drive her G8GT most of this winter keeping my Vibe safe in our garage