Earlier I wrote about what kind of glycol that was suppose to be used for the Toyota Starlet. You can find hit here. After som research I decided to go for a Biltema version. And hope that will work..
I probably had Toyota original glycol, longlife in it already. The color was red-pinkish.
Since you should NOT mix different kind of glycol this is what I did choose.
This is what it looks like. Seems to be working fine so long.
For the last half year I´ve had a nasty noise develop on the Starlet. It has slowly gotten worse and today I had enough of the sound. Time to fix it!
I did a video of it too help you out. Hope you like it. I think this problem is pretty common on cars with hydralics cluthes. ?
DIY. How to fix a nasty squeaky clutch sound.
This is common problem on some hydralic clutch car.
I first though the terrible sound came from inside, from the cluth pedal or something. Wrong, it comes from where the slave cylinder and fork ( pivot ball )
. Everytime you press the clutch you here the squeaking. It kind of gets on your nerves. :-)
Car: Toyota Starlet EP91 from 1997
Using bearing grease. Most people us white grease. But I didnt have that. The grease must be heat resistant. Preferably Lithium based.
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Time to fix it. This is how I did it.
Be careful so you dont get grease on your clutch though.
I need to fill up coolant lever (since it dropped). My coolant looks red / pink on the color. So I´m guessing it the original coolant.
NEVER MIX cooloant with for example BLUE glycol.. (Thats what I read anyway, so I follow that)
.... anyway.. this is what I do, do your own research..
From Haynes Toyota Corolla Workshop Manual (They have the same Engine as Starlet plus the VVT-i engine.
The manual says:
“Always use an ethylene-glycol based antifreeze which is suitable for use in mixedmetal
cooling systems.”
” The cooling system should be filled with a water/ethylene-glycol based antifreeze solution, which will prevent freezing down to at least -30° C, or lower if local climate requires it.”
Recommeded for Cooling system according to Haynes:
Toyota long life coolant
“New generation ethylene-glycol based premium engine antifreeze/coolant specially formulated for all Toyota engine cooling systems” - http://www.globalautoparts.biz/toyotagenuinefluids.html
SO WE NEED A ethylene-glycol based Coolant.
And we need deionized water, salt and oxygen makes rust.
I think I will go with the Biltema ready-mixed coolant.
