Hey guys! The plan was that I would change the oil myself and do a little maintenance as needed but... I was talking to a friend of mine, he's Polish, and he has a Polish friend (mechanic) who does his cars - he told me the guy is really good and if I buy the parts, he'll only charge me for the labor - and not at dealership prices. Polish guys here do excellent work, they generally don't cut corners and are proud of their output so I think I'll take him up on his offer for my next service at 350,000km but I'm not totally sure what a 350km "service" contains. Yes, change oil and oil filter, but what else? Change brake pads? Transmission fluid? Spark plugs? Cabin filter? Give me a list of suggestions, I can write it all down and get a price quote from him for how long it will take. Thanks!
I cobbled a spreadsheet of the Toyota USA schedule (as outlined in the Warranty and Maintenance Booklet, a pdf of which is available at Toyota Tech Info), then extrapolated it to 260K miles, which is well beyond your 350K kms (see attached). Note, the Toyota USA schedule only goes to 120K miles, and what I've done is to continue the patterns. All that said, you should to some extent rely on your mechanic's judgment. Also, Toyota (USA at least) make no mention of a few services that are likely worthwhile, specifically transaxle fluid change (same as the transmission fluid you mentioned) and brake fluid change.
Yeah do that list that you just put up transmission fluid brake pad so on and so forth you'll got the basics covered there's really not much else You got the cabin air filter there and there's nothing else you need to be doing air conditioner and heat work don't mess with that stuff most people don't use their friction brakes that much but it close to 300,000 mi or 250,000 mi it's time for a fresh set of pads all the way around If you do it right you don't even have to mess with the hydraulics maybe clean off the tone rings but if there's no evidence of anything going on leave them alone.
if you don't know the service history of the car, do everything and then follow mendels schedule. new air filter and cabin filters. after that, inspect, clean/replace as needed at specified intervals or more frequently. skip brake pads unless there's a problem, but change the fluid, and all other fluids. if you do know the service history, just follow mendels schedule.
the gen2 doesn't require a lot of maintenance, change the spark plugs and/or ignition coils if you noticed misfires. If not then leave them alone, they last a long time (sometimes the ignition boot only fails, they crack). Ignition coils and spark plugs are very easy DIY, you can do it even blindfolded. As for the fluids if you don't know when they got replaced it's better to have them replaced.. coolant inverter and engine, transmission and engine oil and filter. You're just waiting money on some unwanted maintenance, save that for future replacements like your inverter pump and 3-way coolant valve to fail.
Thanks guys! No misfires as yet Will google/youtube ignition coils - I have no idea what they are even though I know what spark plugs are. Was reading some forums and they say to do only half change of transmission fluid, apparently the shavings/grit from regular use actually helps in the transmission and removing the oil completely may introduce slippage ... any thoughts on that?
that is for a standard automatic transmission. prius has an eCVT which cannot slip: watch watch search
So, if I understand you: don't worry about slippage (as it'snot possible with an automatic transmission) just change the transmission fluid/oil, yes?
exactly, simple drain and fill. remove the fill plug first in case it is stuck. that way, if you drain it, you won't be left with an unfillable transmission.
Double thanks! 2nd thanks is for the video, will show it to my cousin as we were just talking about this and there's no way I could explain as clearly as that guy in the vid
Not quite correct. it would be more correct to say don't worry about slippage in a Prius eCVT transmission (as it's not possible with an eCVT transmission) just change the transmission fluid/oil.
Just a note to anyone reading this in future, the google search link above is not working, but you can watch this instead:
