One cool thing about watching Toyota Maintenance and The Car Care Nut is the fact that they mention the accessibility of Toyota parts. In particular, the spark plugs are very reasonable from the dealer and it is cheap insurance for the guaranteed correct part. Of course, not all Toyota parts are inexpensive, but the oil cartridges, the spark plugs, washers, and many fluids are fairly priced.
Yes. I actually also get washer fluid there because it is the least expensive. I see people paying more for cheap aftermarket parts than the OEM ones at the dealer (for some parts).
Yeah and 80k-100k out of denso iridium’s in my 21’ 4Runner is hard to beat. Not to mention bulletproof if proper maintenance is kept up which isn’t hard. PS Edit: the two best Toyota channels on RU-vid by far. The third is Timmy The toolman and that’s not in any particular order!
While correct, you can get Denso and NGK spark plugs from any auto parts store. They are exactly the same spark plugs except one is in a Toyota box and the other from the original manufacturer.
Great year for the Corolla. Reliable and mechanic friendly. Might be the last year it got a good ol' 4 speed auto with a dipstick before they started putting CVT's in them.
Almost the same plugs in my 21’ 4Runner, but mine are SK16HR11 and definitely worth the 80k-120k out of the denso iridium plugs than some autolite garbage. Great advice Peter!! God bless~
Hi Peter, I have just had my Toyota auris hybrid spark plug done, I got them done at my Toyota dealer and they charge me £142 .00 , they said they will only charge me 1/2 hr to fit them , when I bought my car it had 28,000 miles on it , but thought I better have them done at 139,000 miles, I probably could have done them myself but didn’t want to risk the problem of getting them out and new back in and cross threading them .
Excellent video. Some people put anti-seize on these plugs which is a mistake. They already come with a coating from the factory. Also, the shorter handle ratchet is your friend here and will help keep you from going gorilla on the plugs.
I appreciate the use of an OEM plug, but the most important thing is to get plugs of the correct heat range for your engine. Saying Autolites are junk is just silly. Same with Champion, Bosch, AC and NGK. They all make excellent spark plugs.
I see that car has a Toyota TrueStart battery which has a 7 year warranty - that's right Toyota says it will last 7 years. I just replaced the 6-year-old battery in my 2018 Corolla. It was 6 years old because the car was manufactured in 10/17
L is the base model. Toyota refreshed the Corolla for the 2017 model year. S became SE and I think L was dropped and LE became the lowest trim. They gave the Corolla a facelift and added the Safety Sense Suite.
Hello, I own a 2000 Rav4 / 2.0 litre, manual transmission, is it true you have to pull out the engine in order to replace the clutch ? It has 300,000 kilometres
Can you make a video on how to read the transmission dipstick for this specific Corolla generation? I am never able to get a correct reading, the dipstick is all wet with the ATF oil, I am unable to decipher the level. Thank you for your help.
When you pull the trans dipstick, use a paper towel and gently lay the end of the disptick on the towel. It will give you an accurate reading on the trans fluid. Do this on both sides of the dipstick.
If this is going to be a future customer, some little thing you can do for yourself or even the next guy is spray those grommets with a quick burst of white lithium grease. So you don't have to yank so hard on it. I had some that did and I had to go fishing for it because they wanted to stay on the nub and not with the cover
I was working on an ES product and removing those connectors. It was only slightly older than this Corolla and every connector I pressed like you the tabs came off. I was horrified. Now I only use a pick to lift up the other side of the tab enough to get it off. Too much leverage for old brittle plastic.
Wow that tire. I have never seen a three ounce weight like that actually in use.. tell me what's the name of that brand so I never get it. they should have at least tried to rotate the tire 180 to get it manageable
Can you please help me? My 2001 Toyota Sequoia 4WD dies at idle in Reverse, Drive, and all other gear other than park and neutral. It has 210,000 miles and I don’t think the fuel filter has ever been replaced. Anyways any help would be a blessing.
Here the technique to remove the ignition coil connector: Press the top of the tab with your finger and then pull up bottom of the tab with a very small flat end screwdriver or something similar.
8 Gen Toyota Corollas utilize a waste spark ignition so the proper Spark plug is the Dual ground electrode, copper core plugs from NGK or Denso. There will be a little sticker on the left side of the valve cover specifying the proper plug.
@@eddiew.6485 only used waste spark ignition up to 99! After that it was cool on plug! And those Corollas were built in Fremont CA in a joint venture with GM and would use AC Delco as an alternative plug also.