11 Rav4 V6 water pump, tensioner, idler pulley alternator, radiator and hoses, rear hub lug stud

This is a mostly unedited video documentation for purposes of helping me remove and install components with a reference. I am not a mechanic, nor do I take any responsibility for any attempts someone may try and use this as a guide to duplicate. This was not filmed by another, which made capturing the actual individual removal and installation difficult, but not the point of this video. I watched about 100 different videos and cross-referenced the online vehicle shop book to help with steps and torque settings. I tried to include part numbers as well. If you can find value in seeing the real struggle to doing this job as a 1st time attempt with some auto mechanic basic background skills and decent but not professional array of tools, then I'm glad I shared this video. I apologize for mixing bolts and nut terminology, and sometimes initially quoting incorrect specs, but tried to correct any that I discovered. Best of luck, and give yourself a lot of time, as well as have another set of hands for removing and installing those PITA water pump bolts under and around the WP pulley. Make friends with using jack to raise and lower engine when trying to access and remove all the WP bolts as well, and when removing and reinstalling the motor mount. While don't have to take radiator out of car strictly to do WP, and not even ALT, if doing the tensioner pulley assembly, I don't see how you could have enough room to do that part (pulling the AC compressor forward enough to access and remove the tensioner). While not complex or difficult, it certainly is time consuming, so give urself an entire weekend from Fri after work to Sun PM. I did this over a span of 3 weekends, but did more than just the title of video lists.

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I probably should have oiled the VVTi solenoids and filter assemblies after cleaning them before installing, as they were dry and caused that initial startup rattle. Never heard that before did this job, and haven't heard it since.

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50+ miles over past few days and still no issues, coolant levels remain stable, no noises, no lights. Forgot to mention used the AISIN pink coolant as seems to be the best, and RockAuto had decent price on 2 gal even with shipping. Took ~1.75 Gal to fill it up as was bone dry in radiator and engine block. Trans fluid was fine and at top mark on stick after warmed up (left car running as need to in order to get accurate level (when I checked it cold prior to starting and was above stick, it was only for a reference point so I can see how level changed through stages and temps for my own knowledge, but didn't have to add any so far, so seems didn't lose as much as I thought, probably only 4-6oz total, not 1/4 qt. Found majority of my toyota OEM parts on toyotapartsdeal.com as they by far had best pricing on everything, but should order multiple parts as shipping costs are almost always at least $11 no matter what you order no matter how small/light