Do-It-Yourself Service Precautions - Toyota Avalon Operating Manual

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6-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance

Do-it-yourself service precautions

If you perform maintenance by yourself, be sure to follow the
correct procedure as given in these sections.
Battery condition(→P. 330)
Brake fluid level
Engine coolant level
Engine oil level
AVALON (U)_(OM41440U)
Items
(→P. 329)
(→P. 326)
(→P. 323)
Parts and tools
• Warm water
• Baking soda
• Grease
• Conventional wrench
(for terminal clamp bolts)
• Distilled water
• FMVSS No.116 DOT 3 or SAE
J1703 brake fluid
• Rag or paper towel
• Funnel (used only for adding
brake fluid)
Toyota
• " Super Long Life Coolant"
or a similar high quality ethylene
glycol-based non-silicate,
amine, non-nitrite and non-borate
coolant with long-life
organic acid technology
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 cool-
ant)
• "Toyota Genuine Motor Oil" or
equivalent
• Rag or paper towel
• Funnel (used only for adding
engine oil)
non-
hybrid