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Dealer did total brake job but no flush?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by berderder, Jun 27, 2020.

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  1. Grit

    Grit Senior Member

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    That brake fluid shade looks 1% lighter than mine.
     
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    Are you sure it's not 1.5% lighter ?? :ROFLMAO:
     
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    Thanks ASR

    It is just shy of 120k miles and no unfortunately I didn’t see the pads or rotors

     
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    You're welcome! Can you do your own work? Time for the EGR cleaning....
     
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    I was just thinking about that....someone had warned me. I haven’t even begun looking into how difficult or easy. I am a total beginner
     
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    It looks overwhelming, but it you go slow, and take it one piece at a time, it's not so bad.
    Watch the videos several times so it's in your mind. If you have a laptop, you can put it on your
    passenger seat and then do 1 step at a time.
    If you have a friend that has some experience, that would help. Or maybe someone else on here
    that maybe close to you might be willing to help you...
     
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    This isn’t what you want to hear but how much do you think the dealer would quote me to clean it haha.

    I’m definitely open to trying though. I think it will just take some time to build my confidence.

     
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    Dealerships don't clean stuff like that. They replace it. The cooler is $300 I think. You can get a used one
    for about $100. Unless you search for different junk yards.
    I think someone quoted a price over $1500 for everything.
    You can buy a lot of tools for that money! :)

    There are good video's here: YouTube

    Here is the cooler cleaning:

    This is the intake manifold:


    Remember, it looks harder than it really is. :)
     
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    OR.....if it ain't broke, don't "fix" it. :)

    That is, if the car is running fine, don't go LOOKING for trouble.
    You might end up worse off than you started.
     
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    What are you referring to, the EGR cleaning, brake fluid change, both?
     
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    "Preventive" Maintenance...
    Like change the oil BEFORE the bearings seize.
    Like clean the egr system w/intake manifold BEFORE the head gasket blows..
     
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