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6-3.Do-it-yourself maintenance

Do-it-yourself service pre-
cautions

If you perform maintenance by 
yourself, be sure to follow the cor-
rect procedure as given in these 
sections.

Maintenance

Items

Parts and tools

Battery condition 
(



P.294)

• Warm  water
• Baking soda
• Grease
• Conventional 

wrench (for terminal 
clamp bolts)

Brake fluid level 
(



P.294)

• SAE J1703 or 

FMVSS No.116 DOT 
3, or SAE J1704 or 
FMVSS No. 116 
DOT 4 brake fluid

• Rag  or  paper  towel
• Funnel (used only for 

adding brake fluid)

Engine/inter-
cooler coolant 
level (



P.292)

• “Toyota  Super  Long 

Life Coolant” or a 
similar high quality 
ethylene gly-
col-based non-sili-
cate, non-amine, 
non-nitrite and 
non-borate coolant 
with long-life hybrid 
organic acid tech-
nology
For the U.S.A.:
“Toyota Super Long 
Life Coolant” is 
pre-mixed with 50% 
coolant and 50% 
deionized water.
For Canada:
“Toyota Super Long 
Life Coolant” is 
pre-mixed with 55% 
coolant and 45% 
deionized water.

• Funnel  (used  only  for 

adding coolant)

Engine oil level 
(



P.289)

• “Toyota  Genuine 

Motor Oil” or equiv-
alent

• Rag or paper towel
• Funnel  (used  only  for 

adding engine oil)

Fuses (



P.310)

• Fuse  with  same 

amperage rating as 
original

Items

Parts and tools