Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior Help! Mechanical ?

My friend is in a bit of a jam right now. He took out his auto filter to replace it, and the new one was wrong. His car is titled as an 00 GTS, but the guy at AutoZone said it looked like an 01 filter. Is there a dif on the GTSs in the trans between 00-04? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What type of filter is it again???

AT filter. Sorry, forgot that part.

I don't know what your really asking? What filter? There is a difference between 00 and 02 for manual transmissions, but I don't know what filter you are talking about. Auto filter what? Makes no sense to me. Please specify.

Automatic transmission filter. It filters the automatic transmission fluid... Is there a dif transmission on dif years on the 7th gen?

Sry for my rudeness, maybe im just ignorant or maybe not but the only filters i noe of in a car are the air filter, the oil filter, and the fuel filter. Correct me if im wrong.

Yes, automatic tranmissions have filters in them. It's fine now. He took it around, and wasn't able to find a replacement, but was able to get it cleaned out. The guy before him did SOMETHING to the tranny, and now he has some weird aftermarket filter. His crisis is over now.

Where is the filter located and how often am i suppose to change the filter? Can you post pics. thx

so how many filters are there in the celi?

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Does toyota service center have tranny filters?

to my knowledge the auto tranny has never been changed from 2000 to present

Well heres the scope, im planning to change my tranmission fluid after Memorial Day weekend, prolly this comming Tues. So i just wanted to noe if changing the tranny filter is as important as changing the engine oil filter during an oil change. Anyones help will be greatly appreciated. thnks

Thank you. That's all I was originially asking the other day, while my friend's ride was dismantled.

Yes, Toyota Centers should have the filter. When they do transmission fluid changes, they have to change the filter too. YES! It's just as important, or more important as the oil filter. You should change your tranny fluid about every 30, or 60K. It makes a big dif in how smooth you shift.

Wheres the filter located?

Is it easy to change the filter?

GTS don't have one right? i've never seen anyone in here mention anything about Tranny Filter..until this thread..

I noe how to change my trans fluid but i never heard of any trans filter for my GTS so thats y im requesting pic

Do i have to dismantal my tranny to change the filter, i hope not

No pics, cause he's already put it back together. I'll have to call him sometime, and find out where it is, but there IS one in there. There should be something on the bottom of your tranny that you unbolt, after you drain it. I think he said it has like 18 bolts on it. The filter is in there.

never new this

I'm such a dumb a$$

I'm not sure, but for AT you don't have to dismantal the tranny to clean things. Remove the trans pan and drain old fluid. Remove the old transmission filter or screen, clean the pan, and install a new pan gasket. Also AT needs a good tranny flush every so many miles. Just draining and replacing the fluids is not as good because some fluid is left over in the torque converter. So flush with AT and drain with MT. I could be way off here. Someone else want to explain?

thnks for the help, i greatly appreciate it

Well just finished my tranny fluid change yesterday, it wasnt fun. U were right, 18 freaken bolts. I didnt have an allen wrench so i had to unbolt all 18 but i had to do it either way to get to the strainer. It took me and my girl about 3 hrs to finish, we took our time.

yeah it was easier than we thought

Glad I could 'open' some eyes. I'm surprised that no one knew A/Ts had a filter in them.