Today's Maintenance

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Sounds like a good days work! As a reward treat yourself to a fluted socket oil filter wrench! I find all the coolant comes out of my Yaris when using just the radiator drain. No need to use the block drain.

Thanks! I will definitely pick up a fliter wrench.

Good news about the rad draining all the coolant. How well do these car's prime? Is just the normal squeezing the upper rad hose enough to let the air escape before it overheats? What do you use for coolant? I've always used Prestone All Makes and Models in my vehicles and usually get approval from the dealers. Normally I would run distilled water through a few times with the thermostat removed but I think this time, I'll just drain and fill a couple of times. I'm all ears if you want to share your process.