Remember, you can't just pour the
coolant in and expect to be good to go. You also need to bleed the
air out of the system. I didn't show that in this video, but I
promise it's the same as when I recently got in and out of my Nissan
Frontier's coolant system. I show the technique of bleeding the air
bubbles out of the coolant during my changing of the belts. I had
needed to change the belts for a while, but when I spotted a light
coolant leak out of the thermostat housing, that's when I finally got
around to taking care of it all at once!
Link to belts and coolant bleeding
I'll also show what transmission fluids
belong in these cars. Be sure to watch until the end to catch it!
While I was at it, I also changed the valve cover gasket. I really
didn't show much on how to do it, but it's an incredibly easy job, on
this car, you only need the gasket, with no sealant, and you should
tighten it on to about 20 ft/lbs. Forgive me for not looking that up,
but most valve cover gaskets are like 22 ft/lbs. Be sure to follow a
nice x pattern starting from the center and working your way out. If
you need to see the diagram for the bolts, these often come with the
gasket, and if they don't, it's often available as a printout from
your local store who sales you the gasket. I'm sure I'll show it on
my Chevy Prizm in the future.
From 1998-2002 it was the 8th
generation of Toyota Corolla's, and this video will also work for
Chevy Prizm owners as these are the only years they were "Chevy's"
instead before the Chevy side was discontinued. Prior to this it was
the Geo Prizm. My brother has one. Great car. It's one of the reasons
I bought a little newer one.
I allude to a few other jobs in this
video. I didn't record a transmission fluid change, I just implied
it, but you do need to add transmission fluid when you change a
radiator, unless of course the transmission was a bit over full. I
dropped the transmission pan, changed the filter, without recording,
but these other jobs, I recorded and I'll leave the link to them
below.
Spark plug balance theory:
Which, I actually called, "BalancingSpark with Spark Plug Gap and an extra secret! Shhh!"
VVT-i Explained (awesome video link)
The transmission fluid, which you
should add to these vehicles is Dexron IV or Dexron VI. I've studied
some about the differences, and I think that if they had Dextron VI
back in the day, they would have never used Dexron IV. Dextron VI
seems superior and is backwards compatible. It's deservedly a bit
more expensive.
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