Hello spyderchat, I’ve owned an MR2 for about 3 years and have been lurking on this site ever since but this is my first posting. There’s a lot of good info here and I appreciate it, keep it coming!
We bought our 04 MR2 with SMT about 3 years ago from a guy in Pittsburg and drove it home to MN. It’s been a great “economy” car as we call it and has been stored winters. I tried driving it after the first snow after we bought it and it’s been stored winters ever since!
Other than tires and a new battery it’s been a fun-to drive and low maintenance vehicle. I have noticed that sometimes it’s slow shifting into reverse. Last week I checked for error codes and found a freeze frame code P0942. Even though the SMT fluid is not listed as one of the known problems I removed everything to check it anyway. I found the reservoir on the low side, down to the seam in the reservoir and the fluid is brownish in color.
Now my dilemma is obtaining a “little” SMT fluid to top it off without spending $150 for a whole liter. Of course none of the Toyota dealers in town carry it. Since there is so little of it around it must be for a reason: there are very few SMT’s around, they use up very little fluid or people have found a good substitute?
I see quite a few references to using DOT 4, how is that going and are there any other recommended fluids or sources of the official stuff at a more reasonable price
Thanks
2004 MR2, SMT, Blue with Blk, 45K mi, 100% stock
We bought our 04 MR2 with SMT about 3 years ago from a guy in Pittsburg and drove it home to MN. It’s been a great “economy” car as we call it and has been stored winters. I tried driving it after the first snow after we bought it and it’s been stored winters ever since!
Other than tires and a new battery it’s been a fun-to drive and low maintenance vehicle. I have noticed that sometimes it’s slow shifting into reverse. Last week I checked for error codes and found a freeze frame code P0942. Even though the SMT fluid is not listed as one of the known problems I removed everything to check it anyway. I found the reservoir on the low side, down to the seam in the reservoir and the fluid is brownish in color.
Now my dilemma is obtaining a “little” SMT fluid to top it off without spending $150 for a whole liter. Of course none of the Toyota dealers in town carry it. Since there is so little of it around it must be for a reason: there are very few SMT’s around, they use up very little fluid or people have found a good substitute?
I see quite a few references to using DOT 4, how is that going and are there any other recommended fluids or sources of the official stuff at a more reasonable price
Thanks
2004 MR2, SMT, Blue with Blk, 45K mi, 100% stock