Our Camry is getting about 25k/year, so next summer I think I will drain and fill the coolant. It'll be 4yr/100k, so due.
My Tundra is getting 10-15k, so next summer will be the 5yr/100k mark. So it will be due. I've looked, and I think I want to replace some hose clamps, not sure if the hoses are still good or not. Only problem is, I kinda want to wait it out, seems like these trucks have water pump problems and I'm debating if I should figure out the work to replace that proactively.
Actually, that is a good question, probably for a different forum: replace hoses or not? Used to be, one did that every few years. On my VW I've been told they are essentially lifetime now. I find that hard to believe but they still feel decent after 10yr/nearly 300k.
I should look at a drain and fill this year on it, I guess. Won't hurt anything other than my wallet.
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Speaking of power steering fluid, this is the only site I've been on where people talk about changing this fluid. Only on German car sites do they talk about changing brake fluid. Yet a great deal of people seem to go decades (or further) on original fills.
My Tundra is getting 10-15k, so next summer will be the 5yr/100k mark. So it will be due. I've looked, and I think I want to replace some hose clamps, not sure if the hoses are still good or not. Only problem is, I kinda want to wait it out, seems like these trucks have water pump problems and I'm debating if I should figure out the work to replace that proactively.
Actually, that is a good question, probably for a different forum: replace hoses or not? Used to be, one did that every few years. On my VW I've been told they are essentially lifetime now. I find that hard to believe but they still feel decent after 10yr/nearly 300k.
I should look at a drain and fill this year on it, I guess. Won't hurt anything other than my wallet.
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Speaking of power steering fluid, this is the only site I've been on where people talk about changing this fluid. Only on German car sites do they talk about changing brake fluid. Yet a great deal of people seem to go decades (or further) on original fills.