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Old 07-15-2022, 09:30 PM   #49 (permalink)
Talos Woten
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Champrius v3.2 - '09 Toyota Prius
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Originally Posted by ps2fixer View Post
For the bleeding process, I just turned on the ignition and broke the bleeder loose till no more air came out. It didn't take long at all in my case, but I did things as best as I could with out loosing fluid. I think most guides would say to drain the system, I didn't do that step lol. Pop apart, put new in right away and you loose a few oz at most, it's just messy and you need a catch pan.
I would replace the coolant EXCEPT it's all new since they just did the temperature valve fix. And since it was around the 100k coolant service anyhoo, there's no reason to do it again.

Here's the method I'm going to use:

That doesn't seem like it will make any mess. The hardest part was finding the right $10 plastic tube to order on Amazon.
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