Very nicely done. Clear, concise, organized. No wasted words, and not too few. I will be looking for anything else you have re Corolla LE Hybrid. Thanks again!
Im a Corolla Hybrid 2023 owner as well. Love the car plan on doing my own maintenance on it.. Looking forward to more videos on this car. I have 12500 miles on it and did three oil changes on it already. I like using only OEM parts. Hope you can do a series on this car with updates with any issues you were experiencing with (if any) or tips and tricks with owning it thanks! Have a nice day !
Great video, I love your direct style. I just wrote a critical response on The Car Care Nut's page because that dude takes so long to make his points, it's painful trying to get through them to the end. Kudos, one more subscriber for you!
Nice video - clearly narrated and good visuals. Recent practices recommend cleaning the engine surface that contacts the filter and filling the new filter with oil before installing.
Awesome simple and very well lit and explained video. Thank you so much. I just bought a 23 hybrid Corolla. Thank god this car doesn’t have that irritating ass cartridge system that the late model tacomas and 4Runners have !!
If you have normal strength (for a male) there's rarely a need to tighten the filter with a wrench unless it can only be reached at an awkward angle, or for "industrial" size engines. Put a film of new oil on the gasket, too. Good of them to put the filter where it doesn't bleed all over the side of the engine.
If you need a rachet for the plastic cover a 10mm socket is needed. I have 5 oil filter tools and none would work. So I was mad and just went to the dealer and bought the right one that would remove the filter since I plan on keeping this car for 150k miles. lol
Hi i went to change my Toyota Corolla Hybrid 2023 LE Transmission Fluid flush but shocking thing the technician came to me and told that its a different fluid which is not available in Canada, He said we use normal Toyota Fluid but for this we need some " TOYOTA GENUINE E-TRANSAXLE FLUID TE", So they hold me car to contact Toyota what to do ... please guide what should i do ?
I don't believe the manual stated one. What is very common for the many cars I have had is to hand tighten the filter until the gasket of the filter touches the engine block, then turn it three quarters of a turn.
Just bought a 2024 Corolla LE 5 days ago. It takes 0W-8 oil. I had to order the oil from a dealership across the country. Only 145 miles on mine so far, so it will be awhile to my first oil change.
@chrislind2 I just bought new 24 also but I would be annoyed if dealership didn’t have oil of car I just spent 30k for. I mean what about when you bring in your car for oil change Will they have it then or do you have to find dealership that does have oil? I already bought my oil from dealership and getting ready to change my oil at 1k miles.then 5k. I have read others of your same plight I guess my question is why, anyone?
No, people have been using rhino ramps for a very long time. Ideally we'd all have vehicle lifts and the work would be done on a level surface. Driving the car around and getting the oil hot + taking the fill cap off when draining will result in the oil leaving the car quick. Lastly, by changing the oil every 5k miles or so even if I only get out 98-99% of it, the 1-2% of old will mix with the new oil which then over time will get replaced.
By the way often I change the oil on a slight downhill slope (driveways are graded slightly for drainage) and can position the car to point towards the low point effectively reducing the angle a little more. Probably splitting hairs though at this point
If the car is brand new, you should brake it in and change the oil after around 1k miles. Then every 7k miles with good long life oil (brand does not matter as long as it has the Toyota specification). I also think this engine calls for 0W-8 oil, but I am not sure, just make sure you use the right one specified for the vehicle. Oh and a crush washer is a must have not nice to have, believe me and dont ask how I know...
In your Excel spreadsheet is there anything other than the amount of well you're putting in and taking out that you're tracking or do you track other things as well.
Aside from tracking oil consumption, I also record the service/repairs done with the date and mileage at the time of each. This helps me keep track of what maintenance I need to do and serves as a great seeking point when I sell the car. I personally would much rather buy a car with service records than not.
I did, I don't have the size as the dealership just asked my model, year, and trim and then gave them to me. I will try measuring them with my digital caliper I just bought though and get back to you
I would remove and drain the filter first. Usually if you drain the pan then tighten it up and then remove the filter, more oil tends to drip out from the plug
I don't really have an order that I keep to, I just changed the car's oil on Saturday (up to 27k miles on it now) and took the drain plug and filter off and waited 10 minutes before covering both holes up. Waited 10 minutes cause that's how long it took me to eat breakfast lol.
Bought it Jan of last year. At this point we're avging abt 19,500 mi a year but that will slow down some now that wife is finishing up nursing school that's on the other side of the valley
You shouldn’t see any oil consumption at all as long as you change the oil between 3000 and 5000 miles, the 10,000 mile intervals is completely ludicrous just came from a place with a cross track had 150,000 miles on it. Oil was changed every 6000 miles and the engine was sludged. I don’t know how many countless cars I’ve seen completely destroyed by 100,000 miles because they were sludged due to oil change in rolls being too long.
@darkrulier tell me about it lol. Though Subaru has had oiling issues since the beginning of low tension piston rings. Also the PCV was never serviced as well. All in all it was a trashed engine. Just looking down the oil filler cap a with a bore scope told a story of ignorance on byhalf of the original owner
Thank you. Great video. But i wonder, doesn’t it void the warranty of the car? I thought all new cars should be serviced at the Authorised service centre.
Not in the least. The three year’s manufacturers warranty is there no matter what. It’s purely the extended 10 year warranty that you won’t get at a main dealer but it kicks in again if you go back there at any time during years 4-10. As long as you service it at a main dealer you get one more year’s worth/another 10,000 miles worth of warranty. You can get an extra year’s warranty every time you service at the main dealer, up to and including year 10 or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first.
I don't see why not. If your car is a little lower or has an approach angle that's a little more you can put a 2x4 where the bottom of the ramp meets the ground
It's definitely not dire. Just get it changed sooner than later... don't wait 10,000 mi before doing the first oil change especially if you plan on keeping the vehicle for many many years
I also have a 23 corolla hybrid close to 5k miles, should i change it myself now? I am confused as to why because the owners manual says to do the first oil change at 10k
If you plan on keeping the vehicle for a very long time, the best practice would probably be to change the oil every 5-7 thousand miles. It is very common though to do the first oil change in the first couple thousand miles due to the engine breaking in and they're being a lot of metal contaminants suspended in the oil.
Both are really good, I don't think among the major brands one is going to be by far better than another. There's not a ton of differentiation among well respected oils these days
The 23 Corolla Hybrid has the 1.8 liter 2ZR FXE motor which Toyota states that 0w16 be used. If you pause at the 1 minute 38 second mark of the video you'll see that the oil cap states 0w16 not 0w8. Hope this helps.
Yup it's ft/lbs. It's thick and definitely not little. I've been doing around that much ft lbs on all my drain plugs over the last 20 years. Never had an issue and also never heard people use inch lbs on a truck/car drain plug before.
Yeah it's really only tiny bolts like valve covers in my experience when you have to move down to the smaller torque wrench. I only do common/typical jobs I don't have experience taking an engine or transmission apart, I'd be surprised if they didn't deal with inch lbs on those items
