How to Flush Your Coolant! (at home, without any fancy tools) featuring various Toyotas!

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[jarrodbarker]

I'm sure you will never see this, but someone will. As someone who spent a large portion of my 20s raising my three nieces, you are an absolute inspiration to young ladies. You went to Harvard, you are a certified badass in a men's dominated field, you live your passion, and are unapologetically yourself. You have style, a work ethic, and an abundance of beauty. Thank you for sharing your day to day story with everyone. Have a wonderful life, Faye!

[davidstumer]

I have been a technician for 35 years and you are very good and organized young lady I really respect you as a fellow technician. You know your stuff.❤️

[jeffreydevoti]

One of my Cousins has a 9 year old great grand daughter that she brings when she visits me.
While checking my cousin's mini vans fluids and tire pressure the little girl wanted to help. I have a trigger tire pressure gauge filler, and I showed her on the door jam the recommend pressure and how the gauge worked. She checked and filled all 4 tires, then I mentioned the spare under the back. She wiggled underneath, check the spare, said it showed zero pounds, then aired it up to 32 psi.
Whenever my cousin visits, the little girl checks & fills the tires like a pro.

[slacker_DIY]

I've watched a few coolant drain videos and youre the only one that would drain new 50/50 premix just to get all the distilled water out. Such attention to detail is what makes you better than most mechanics. 😊

[landonlehman]

I've been a mechanic forever, and never knew that these Toyota engines had block drains. Never stop learning!

[ldotmurray]

Faye is one of the best YouTube mechanics on the platform. She keeps it simple with no stupid/dumb jokes.

[kevinramsey]

Wish I can be an auto mechanic. There is so much knowledge to retain. It’s amazing. I have all the respect for mechanics. Between you, Scotty Kilmer and Chris fix I learn so much.

[bradmchaney]

I just came across you recently and I must say my retention time for your videos is 100%. Your directions are on point as well as very detailed. Thank you for your excellent work!

[drudini]

People probably overlook her due to her appearance and gender, to their own detriment.. because this tutorial is exceptional. Superb on so many levels, keep killing it Faye !

[Arieeeee]

I appreciate that you actually compensated for the water already in the system and made the adjustment in your concentration. I've seen a lot of know-it-all youtubers not do that and just pour 50/50 in there. In my old 1st gen RAV it's super easy because the entire coolant capacity is 8 liters/ 2.11 gallons so after flushing with water, I can pour a gallon of concentrated antifreeze in directly and top off the rest with water and it'll be almost 50/50 automatically which in in the south is plenty.

[dimmn]

So glad you told people to run the heater. Most don't know that trick. Once it's blowing really hot, you know the air is out.

[jacklisiecki]

This lady is a super instructor; she is well spoken and conveys a boatload of info. Thanks for a cool video.

[deftabc]

Didn't know Amy Lee from Evanescence was a toyota fan. Nice!

[boomerguy]

I've been using this funnel on all of my vehicles for decades on almost all of my vehicles. It works! It comes in a kit with different adapters for different reservoirs and radiators., but they aren't compatible with a few of them.
Instead of flushing, I drain & fill @ 30K mile intervals which keeps my coolant relatively fresh on my Honda cars & SUV's. I can remove the reservoir fill cap while leaving the radiator cap closed and drain the radiator. This pulls the coolant out of the reservoir. Then I proceed after filling the reservoir, replacing the cap and using the funnel in the radiator.
Very easy to do.

[GreatPlainsChaser]

I've been a Toyota guy for a long time. I really enjoy your videos. 2000 Tacoma 509k, 2005 Prius 441k, 2009 Prius 417k, 2013 Corolla 274k. Plus a 2014 Camry, 2012 Tacoma, 2005 4 Runner, and 1989 Toyota. I've done a fair bit of maintenance on these vehicles. Great channel! Always learning tidbits of info.

[David-qyiq]

I wish you had posted this a week earlier! I just flushed my Tacoma and got to do it 3 times because I didn't properly drain it the first 2 times. You are the first YouTube tutorial that I could find that properly demonstrates to drain from not just the radiator, but the 2 block drains as well. I couldn't figure out why I was draining only 3 quarts out of a 10 quart system.

[absolutealbyomega]

Her voice is just perfect for her videos an I love her charisma.

[gct]

I love that you flush all your fluids instead of just drain and fill.

[ralphpearson]

Hey Faye, thanks for the efforts. I don’t know what I would do without your input. I like that you insist on quality and proper procedures.

[juanduque]

Probably the best mechanic to learn from on YouTube. Super easy to understand and very engaging. Definitely a fan.