Hi everyone,
I’m trying to find somewhere in Suffolk to change the automatic gearbox fluid and filter on a 2012 Lexus IS250.
Any recommendations? I would go to the main dealer but they will only do a drain not a full fluid change. Equally, I don’t want it hooked up to a flush machine.
Without wishing to sound like Bill Clinton (I think that was him?) there is a third way which a previous mechanic (wrong end of the country now) i used to go to did, which involves undoing one of the downstream ATF fluid lines, then running/cranking the engine, topping up the gearbox with fresh fluid as you go, that way you are only using the gearbox’s own pump to replace fluid, repeating till fresh fluid is coming out of the downstream pipe.
I know there is constant debate about ATF fluid changes. I have had it done on two previous cars without issue. The conclusion I have reached is that ideally, the fluid should be changed before it’s black and dirty. Change it too late and you risk removing the remaining friction that’s allowing forward progress or clogging up narrow passage ways with free’d up debris. Change it too early and the only argument is you’re wasting your money. So a goldie-locks interval must exist! I see that Lexus Europe recommends every 6 years under severe usage which includes town driving.
Anyhow, I know the risks. Any recommendations for a specialist in or near Suffolk?
Thanks
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No personal experience of either, but a Google search throws up "Suffolk Transmissions" (Bury Saint Edmunds), and "Last Transmissions" (just outside Ipswich)
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Thank you very much, I will contact them.
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