DIY Maintenance

Good on you for having a go Andyg. As currahee has said using a flat blade screwdriver or similar will assist with the plug removal from the coils. On the real tight ones using one to press down on the clip and the other to work each end of the plug away from the coil also helps. Once the plug moves the one for the clip is no longer required, then it should only be the seal tension in the plug unless there is some foreign material in there. Just resist grabbing the wiring and reefing on it. Brute force and ignorance is not for this task.

Patrick Wong has replied in another thread today re visual inspections of the coil/igniter whilst you have them removed. Pay to have a read even if you don't have any issues with yours currently.

 

Drain out one hole, fill it up through the other until it is level with the bottom of the second hole. Lend me a lift, and I'll do it for $25. Compared to draining, filling and purging brake system, its overpriced, IMO.

 

Speaking of brake fluid, I had a 2008 Prius that approached 100,000 miles without a fluid change, and the ABS actuator went out. The nearly $3000 they wanted to replace and reprogram it caused me to trade it in for a newer model. It sounds silly, but I may as well ask: Would any performance degradation caused by moisture in the fluid cause the actuator to malfunction?
[I was told that the actuator malfunction toasted my 12v battery, so I obviously would believe anything...]

 

lol.....

I do know my dealer will not do a brake fluid replacement "Flush". I asked.
They said all there dealers will no longer do a G2 flush because it has caused to many ABS failures which turns into a its your fault not mine scenario with the customer.

So the ABS unit is sensitive to stress of brake bleeding I assume. Makes sense. there are seals failing in that unit I believe and has to be replaced as a unit.

My G2 is 13 years old 15000 miles original brake fluid original brakes. Rotors look very good.
Not bragging at all but apprehensive of the eventual brake rebuild.