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Aug 18, 2009 | 03:09 PM

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QuickPaws

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FYI, the Toyota Long Life Red comes unmixed too. I got this 2 weeks ago at my local dealership for $21 (2 gallons once you mix it). If you pay $34, you are getting taken to the cleaners.

Ever wondered why there's only a block drain on 1 side? If you really want to get all the old coolant out and don't have a flush pump, you need to remove the thermostat. The thermo doubles as the drain for the other side. I wouldn't go back and do it now though - it's not a big deal.

Even that's way too pricey... with no job behind me, and well.. as such no income, every little dollar counts.. I just bought some prestone unmixed ( no point in paying for water... I have that at home ) and used a Hawaiian Punch gallon jug to go half and half with.

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Aug 18, 2009 | 03:50 PM

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My local Autozone takes waste fluids for free.

Aug 18, 2009 | 04:16 PM

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My local Autozone takes waste fluids for free.

Oh hell... I never even thought of that...For some reason, I thought they had stopped doing that...It's been a while though sine I brought anything in.

Aug 18, 2009 | 05:37 PM

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I hope they didn't stop doing that. It's been a while since I went there, but I used to bring them all my old oil. Now I dump my stuff at work.

Aug 19, 2009 | 07:34 AM

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I hope they didn't stop doing that. It's been a while since I went there, but I used to bring them all my old oil. Now I dump my stuff at work.

You got a pic of the drain plug in the block for the 5VZ-FE? I couldn't find it.

Aug 19, 2009 | 10:45 AM

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You got a pic of the drain plug in the block for the 5VZ-FE? I couldn't find it.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f120...-3-4-a-128128/

Aug 19, 2009 | 11:11 AM

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I kinda think its worth it to use distilled water. Here in az there is a ton of crap in the tap water. If you let a pot boild down there will be a lot of white crusties. I had a roommate that owned a distiller and it would build up tons of calcium and would be rock hard. Iwouldnt want that in my cooling system.