Prius C Oil Change and 90,000 mile service DIY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Watch and work along with me as I perform the 90,000 mile service on my 2013 Prius C also known as an Aqua in other countries. It's an easy project that will save you a ton of money doing it yourself (I spent about $100 in materials).
I did leave out the tire rotation, let me know in the comments if you'd be interested in seeing how to rotate tires on this car or maybe another.
Products Used:
Transmission Fluid: amzn.to/31HIohw
Gear Oil Pump (not the greatest but it works):
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Air Filter: amzn.to/2XpFOx...
Cabin Filter: amzn.to/2XsVO1o
Oil Drain Gasket: amzn.to/2RkUoAA
Oil Filter Socket: shop.advanceau...
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Always always always run a sacrificial quart of fresh new oil through, on any car/bike/truck/etc! Pour it in fast with the drain plug out, and then have your mind completely blown as you look at the crap that gets pushed out, that lingers on the bottom of the pan.
I always appreciate straight forward beginner guides like this. Great stuff, man. Thanks.
I just bought a 2016 prius c. I cant even tell u how appreciative i am of this! Coz its alot lol. Thanks!!
FKN good cars
Trying to kill 2013 prius c
Great video Mark! One of the most comprehensive and easy to follow procedure videos I ever saw. I wish more videos could be as clear as this
Thanks!
Yes please on the tire rotation tutorial! You’re the best!
Great video. Very easy to follow. Will be doing this on my own Prius C
Thanks for this. I also got one of those Ecogard air filters. Good bang for the buck and it cost me about $10 less than the parts stores wanted for one.
Thank you for the video- I just did everything you listed in your video, plus the spark plug change. Spark plugs are pretty expensive for the Prius C, the dealer had the best price at $14 dollars apiece, including a 10% military veteran discount. Thank you again. I don't have a lift like you, and I use Rhino Ramps and jackstands while working under the vehicle. Works out great. I believe, that I'm done with the maintenance for now. I have 114,00 on my 2016 Prius C. I put 150 miles a day (pre-covid19) 5 days a week. I average between 50 - 56mpgs on the highway. All of my driving is highway miles. In the winter, I usally get 48-52 mpgs. It's been a great commuter car and cheaper to drive than my 1997 GMC Suburban 12mpgs. Take care, thanks again.
Glad the video helped out; I have been driving 80+ miles a day for the past 8 years but recently with the pandemic I've been able to work remotely. I don't know if I'll be able to commute again after having been spoiled with saving 1.5+ hours a day driving. This is my first Prius and I feel like I'll probably be getting another in the future; comfortable, priced right, reliable, and great fuel economy; can't ask for much more. My average for the life of the vehicle is about 43 mpg, I tend to drive 75+ on the highway which is digging into the fuel economy lol.
Thank you for the tutorial. Be advised the Amazon link to the transmission fluid in the description is a different type(type-IV) than that specified in the manual and what you appear to use in your video(atf-WS) thanks
Really helpful . I'm new to DIY maintenance. thank you
Glad it helped out!
I just subscribe 👊
You get to 1000k soon bro 🙏
Your motor oil showed up well on the dipstick. Mine doesn't until it gets about 2k miles on it.
I might get brave and do an ATF service one of these days and save about $110. Thanks again.
I just performed this and a coolant flush and fill on my 14 Prius C at 107k. A few things that I'd add that may help you:
*I drained all three coolant silcocks (the third is near the front driver's wheel an drains the main radiator). Despite seeming to drain every last drop, I couldn't add more than 1.5-1.6gal, despite it supposedly being 1.8g. Who knows...
*If you buy the crappy $11 AutoZone PT pump, it doesn't reach the bottom of the ATF bottles. And it leaks. And, most annoyingly, the pump jams and binds up. Maybe buy a nicer one, especially one that reaches near the bottom of the bottle. I ended up funneling the leftovers into a single bottle and repumping until the transaxle fill plug FLOWED with new ATF fluid. Overfilling is important, as air can give you a false fill and you'll need to pump more in until it just FLOWS out. Let is drain completely to get your final correct level (make sure your Prius is basically level front to back and left to right!) It will be just under 4qts
*If you're like me and have never done this before, you're going to make an awful mess. Be prepared...take your time
Heh, I made a mess too. Super hard to get the level exactly right without a car lift or a pit.... Luckily my garage floor is painted.
Can u add "transmission fluid" (in addition to "oil change ") to the title to make searching easier? I only saw the oil change and almost missed the transmission part! Love your videos. So helpful. Thumbs up!
Thanks for this, exactly what I needed!
The transmission fluid link (maybe changed) is to Toyota ATF T-IV
The Prius C and the video use ATF WS
If you have a brake fluid change/bleed video, that will be nice. BTW, which year is your Prius C?
So grateful for this video you created. Thank you! Yes, tire rotation video would be great! Also...no matter what I do, tire sensor is always on. So if you do a tire video please talk about that. Thanks!
Air filter link doesnt work. Cabin filter is good.
I'll have to update the links; products seem to get rotated pretty quick on Amazon. I'll try to get a tire rotation together using more common tools.
Thank you, this was so helpful!
Thank you very much for this useful video.
Make sure your foot is off the brake when resetting the maintenance setting
Great! This video was very informative. Keep up the Good work. Could you also please do a video on flushing and changing coolant in 2013 Toyota Prius C with no smart key? God Bless
I appreciate the feedback; I will be doing a coolant change on both the radiator and inverter soon, I'll be sure to document it. Thanks for watching!
Thanks!
Hey, finally got around to doing my 100k coolant flush; check it out! th-cam.com/video/kKdzWb-CAEE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for some helpful content. Last time I sent the car to the shop around 100,000 for the transmission fluid chance and it was like $275 dollars.
I’m going to do this myself . Anyone here did it and got good results? I’m always scared of damaging the transmission by changing the fluid.
Thanks for the info👍
No problem!
After doing the transmission fluid change, did the car complain after that? and How did it drive after that, Did you have any issues later?
I watched some other videos (for Toyota cars but no one has done Prius C besides you) where people talk about the car need to be in maintenance mode and switching the gears from Drive to neutral rapidly and check the temperature for the transmission fluid using a scan tool or a temperature gun.
I'm not sure I want to change mine because I've heard of many on Prius C forums/Facebook groups with 200k+ on without trans fluid change.
Filling up the oil filter is a messy waste of time. Don't forget to clean the hybrid battery cool system.
Thanks a lot for uploading this video, can u pls share the links for tools and its setup as well?
Very good videos, thank you.
As far as I know, Toyota doesn't recommend changing transmission fluid, what's your opinion??
How many bottles of Toyota ATF WS Transmission Fluid were used? I went back and listened real carefully but didn't hear or see anything. I know the Amazon link shows 6 of them as a package but since I'm buying it locally do you need all six?
You should try using AISIN ATS WS Transmission fluid from RockAuto
AISIN is a Japanese company & like half the price 🤷🏾♂️
Also known as a Yaris Hybrid in Europe.
Interesting!
Hi Mark....
I have Aqua 2018 JDM variant. Should we spray water on its engine while getting the car serviced? Are there precautions would you recommend?
Thank you
Did you change the crush washer for transmission fill and drain plug?
I recently changed the oil of my Prius C 2012, and overfilled it by 4 quarts and a few milliliters, instead of 3.9 quarts. Though when i removed the old oil it already had 4 quarts and a little bit more. I just wanted to know if overfilling it with 4 quarts and a few milliliters can damage the engine or something?
If it's not an excessive amount it'll be fine, too much oil can cause issues such as leaking, overflowing, fouled spark plugs, bent rods, and collapsed valves. That would need to be a lot of extra oil, if it's not too much above the full line it should be fine.
Why did you not just use a funnel when adding the transmission fluid?
Or asked another way, why was that pump needed?
It's a really tight space and I'm not sure you could fit a funnel in there; another way to do this would be a long hose and funnel from above but that's more of a two person event and I'm just one guy.
@@MarkMethods ok, thanks for your prompt reply. I couldn't tell where exactly you were, but I figured it might have been a tight space.
Have you been happy with this Prius C? I found a good deal on a 2013 with only 14,000 miles. It is practically brand new. Slightly concerned about the car only being driven roughy 2,000 miles a year.
It's been a great car, it's just about to roll over 100k and I'll be doing a coolant change on it along with a few other things. I'd say that car is probably fine, it sat around a lot but I wouldn't have any concerns buying a vehicle like that. For peace of mind, flush the brake fluid unless you have receipts from recently. Good luck on your potential purchase!
Oil filter link and air filter links are not available any more. Can you update? Please.
Question, i bought a used prius C aka Aqua but I didn’t have the maintenance message showing up. It was 46k when I bought it and on the oil change sticker it said 51k to change or 6 months from the last time it got changed whichever comes first. Now I have just followed that without any maintenance message and changed the oil myself and no message around maintenance required showing still after changing the oil. Is that expected? Or i should see it to reset? Its 2013 imported from Japan FYI.
It's possible that it was disabled or maybe the Japanese variant wasn't coded to have that message.
Is there a need to do a flush or is a change/drain and fill good enough?
Why did you choose to change the transmission fluid at 90000 miles
Hey Richard! According to the Toyota manual on page 45 and 53 of this PDF toyota.us/2KV0jMG it's required to be changed under heavy driving conditions every 60k miles however I purchased this vehicle used and didn't know the history, in my personal case this was preventative maintenance.
What do you think the coolant change/flush interval should be?
According to the service manual, 100k miles or 120 months; I haven't found information for subsequent changes however they typically sooner than 100k but I'd feel comfortable with that interval using OEM fluid.
@@MarkMethods So the coolant can be changed every 10 years or 100,000 miles, that's impressive, i was not expecting such long time to change it. Also do you think it is better to change the engine oil every 10,000 miles or 5,000 miles?
@@MarkMethods Page 49 of my (2012 c) warranty & maintenance guide says:
"Initial engine coolant replacement at 100,000 miles/120 months. Replace every 50,000 miles/60 months thereafter.
Initial inverter coolant replacement at 150,000 miles/180 months. Replace every 50,000 miles/60 months thereafter."
Nice
Hi good day to you.Am from Mauritius I had watch your video very interesting.I have question if I don't reset the odo is it ok? As its in Japanese language as it's a second hand vehicle brought from Japan.
You don't have to reset the trip odometer, this is optional.
What's that pump called? Where can I get it?
Brake fluid change pls
This is a good one, it's on the list!
I went to a dealer, they said it takes CVT fluid not WS fluid
1:41 is where the owners manual shows Toyota Genuine ATF WS is recommended and the volume. I would verify in your owners manual before potentially damaging your car unless they validated your VIN.
@@MarkMethods I did read it and ATF WS is the right fluid. But for some reason the parts person was hell bent and saying otherwise. He even got a tech out to confirm this. I didn't buy what they were selling.
I used toyota ATF WS. The 2013 prius c and after does not use a CVT. All the third generation prius use a differential for the power transfer management. Similar to what is used in most vehicles differential rear end axles. Usually the dealers and tech do not even know what they are selling.
Fast forwarding sound is crazy loud 😬
This was my first upload, I should have turned it down like I do in my later videos lol.
I think u put the air filter up side down
Ooh you're right - he did put the cabin air filter in upside down. The fan pulls air in from on top of it (above the filter).
So the 2016 prius has a automatic transmission? how come mine feels like its a cvt I dont feel it shift
You are correct it is a CVT which uses Automatic Transmission Fluid.
So if it is a CVT should we be using the Toyota CVT ATF instead?
great video by the way. I'm going to do a oil change and transmission fluid change soon. I drive roughly 10,000km for oil change. I put on roughly 20,000km a year. So I guess I can stay with 10k instead of the 5k oil change.
At 1:41 I show where in the manual it asks for Toyota ATF WS fluid; this is specific for my 2013 Prius C. I believe newer models do have specific CVT fluid however this is not one of them.
I have a 2013 also. They are all made and put together in Japan I guess. I should get WS ATF too?
Interested in tire rotation.
I'll see if I can get to that!
It should be the same as for any other car. Front tires wear more quickly, so the ones with more tread go on the front. Swap side to side if one side is wearing more than the other. You can use a coin like a penny to approximate tread depth (even better if you have a ruler).
9:50 How do I fix my ears and speakers?
Oof, still working on my audio editing; appreciate the feedback lol.