Coolant Heat Storage Tank and Pump Question

The coolant is good for 100k miles (per the owner's manual), there's really no reason to touch it right now.

I normally just drain the radiator when changing my coolant, that will require about 1 gallon of coolant to fill. I don't drain the thermos pump. There's very little air to bleed if you just do the radiator. and I repeat every 30,000 miles. But I don't start this routine until I get to 100k miles.

 

You are correct, it is 100k, I did an edit. My memory is failing me.

The refill super long life coolant is good for 50k miles. But since I'm only draining the radiator, I repeat at 30k miles.

 

1. Draining from the CHRS canister drain will result in a more thorough drain. Leave the radiator cap on, and the coolant in the overflow reservoir will also get sucked out due to vacuum.

2. Might as well replace the dented canister since you bought a replacement.

3. I don’t know how hard it is to replace the canister, but that should become apparent after you remove the LF tire and the front of the fender liner for access.

 

Here's the repair manual instruction. The last step says to "perform initialization" and references another page. I checked that page it's appears to be just the steps you need to take whenever disconnecting/reconnecting the 12 volt battery.

 

Right.