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05-17-2005, 03:31 PM
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Friends: 0 |  how do I change oil HELP I have the car on jacks and pulled the drain plug with the allen socket. A lot of quite dirty oil came out but noticed that the oil was red. Opened the hood and the dipstick says the oil is still in the engine. I assume that I drained the transmission oil so I need to know how to refill the transmission and finally, which plug do I pull for the oil? There is a 24 mm plug that I loosened but the fluid that started to come out was so clean that I assumed that it was the trans oil. I need some help! |
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05-17-2005, 04:22 PM
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Friends: 0 | John has published a marvelous, step-by-step set of [url=http://john1701a.com/prius/prius-oilchange.htm]oil change instructions (with pictures). I'd recommend checking this out. (Sorry I can't be of help, but I haven't ever changed my Prius' oil.) |
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05-17-2005, 04:43 PM
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Friends: 26 | the power inverter uses red oil- maye you drained that? |
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05-17-2005, 04:49 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: how do I change oil HELP Changed my oil this weekend. The oil pan is near the front passenger side wheel, within easy arm reach. I didn't need to put the car up on stands to do the oil change. The filter was a little difficult because I had to do it by feel, but even that was pretty easy. Glenn |
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05-17-2005, 05:14 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: how do I change oil HELP Looked at John's picture site and quickly found the oil drain plug. Still need help identifing what I drained when I pulled the allan plug and how do I get what came out (thick red oil) back in. |
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05-17-2005, 07:37 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: how do I change oil HELP Any chance you can post a photo of where the plug is that you removed? That may help in identifying if it's the transmission fluid or the inverter... |
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05-17-2005, 07:52 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: how do I change oil HELP Found out that I had drained the transmission. There is a magnet in the drain plug and mine was VERY full of steel particles. The tranny takes a special "WS" oil which I got at the Toyota dealer. My old oil was very dirty so perhaps this bone headed move on my part may turn out as a small blessing.. Thanks to those who responded. This was my first visit to the site. |
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05-17-2005, 09:19 PM
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05-18-2005, 08:56 AM
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Friends: 0 | Re: how do I change oil HELP Really dirty huh? Guess I will change it at 60K. |
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Friends: 12 | Re: how do I change oil HELP <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(timebum\";p=\"90357)</div> Quote:
As far as I know, the CVT fluid is considered "lifetime" for Prius cars in the United States. Here in Canada, you're supposed to change it every 96,000 km. BTW: was it hard to fill the CVT? I have an assortment of little hand pumps that fit on top of 1 quart bottles, so I'm glad I saved them. | |
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