How to Check Engine Fluids 2014-19 Toyota Tundra
Created on: 2018-03-27
How to change your engine fluids on 14 Toyota Tundra
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step 1 :Checking the Brake Fluid
- Twist the brake fluid reservoir cap off counterclockwise
- Check the brake fluid level, using a flashlight if necessary
- Check that the brake fluid is between the minimum and maximum lines
- Check that the brake fluid is clear or an almost yellow color
- If the brake fluid is murky or dark, drain and refill it
- Twist the brake fluid reservoir cap on clockwise
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step 2 :Checking the Coolant
- Wait for the engine to cool
- Twist the coolant reservoir cap off counterclockwise
- Check the coolant level, using a flashlight if necessary
- Remove the radiator cap with the engine cool
- Make sure the level is right at the top of the radiator
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step 3 :Checking the Oil
- Let the engine reach operating temperature
- Let the engine cool for a few minutes to let the oil collect
- Pull out the oil dipstick
- Clean off the oil dipstick
- Insert the oil dipstick
- Pull out the oil dipstick
- Check that the oil level is between the low and full marks
- Insert the oil dipstick
- Twist the oil fill cap off counterclockwise, to add oil
- Add oil as necessary
- Twist the oil cap on clockwise
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step 4 :Checking the Power Steering
- Twist off the cap and check the level with a flashlight
- If the power steering fluid smells burnt, is murky or dark and unclean, drain and refill it
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step 5 :Checking the Washer Fluid
- Pull off the washer fluid reservoir cap
- Check the reservoir has fluid above the MIN line
- Snap on the washer fluid reservoir cap
Tools needed
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Windshield Washer Fluid
Power Steering Fluid
Anti-Freeze
Engine Oil
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Under the hood, the brake fluid is located here. I'm going to put the flashlight under here, so you can actually see it because it's nice and clean and clear. There is a minimum line on both sides of reservoir. You can see it on this side in the camera. That has to be the minimum. The maximum is up here. That's at the maximum line, so that's in good shape.
If you needed to add fluid or change it out, just pull the rubber cap off, put your funnel in here, add the appropriate fluid, bring it up to the max level, and then push your cap back on. Just make sure that you don't spill any brake fluid and if you do, clean it up because it can damage paint. Over here to the radiator, want to check the coolant level. Make sure it's nice and cool. You don't want to open the radiator cap when it's hot. It'll be hot steam. It'll come right out. It can burn you. So you'll want to check.
First, you can look at the reservoir. This is the overflow. This coolant is at the low mark is down here. The full mark is right here. It's just below the full mark. So that's plenty of coolant. I can top it off a little bit. To top it off, you open the cap and it just pulls right off. Add the correct coolant, a 50/50 mix of water and coolant, and reinstall it. The next thing you want to do is if that was particularly low there, you can always check the coolant level in the radiator. Simply open it up, and you do want the coolant to be right at the top there. This radiator's nice and full. That's perfect. Close it back up. I can top that off. Put a funnel in. Not going to take much to top it off. Take the funnel out and just clip the cap right back on.
To check the oil, there's a yellow handle on the oil dipstick. Pull it up. Let the engine sit for a little bit. Wipe it off. Put it back into the dipstick tube. Pull it out. This would be low. This would be full. It's hard to tell. This oil's nice and clean. It's almost to the full. It's maybe a quarter of a quart low. It's not super low. Could stand to have a little bit added. Reinstall the dipstick. To add oil, add the appropriate kind—0W20. Unscrew the cap. Put your funnel in and add the oil. Reinstall the cap and screw it down when you're done.
Power steering fluid reservoir is located here. There are two sets of lines on it. There is a minimum cold and a maximum cold. A minimum hot and a max hot. The truck is cold right now, it's at the cold maximum, which is perfect. So when this vehicle's running, it's hot. It should be up here at the hot max. If we need to add fluid, unscrew the cap, and pull it out. It does sort of have a dipstick on here. You can tell the condition of the fluid. It's nice and clear, and clean. It's in good shape. Push the cap back down and lock it.
Washer fluid's right here out in the open. It's easy to see how much you have in here. Simply open the cap, top it off, close the cap. If you need to remove the plastic engine cover, it just clips into place. You lift it up at the top, lift it up in the front, and then pull it straight off from the back. So it's got a little ball stud here, ball stud here, and then these two little hooks where it hooks back here on the rubber mounts. And then you have access to everything that's underneath it. Reinstall it. We'll just hook it over like that and then put it down. It stays right in place.
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