Your Toyota knows that lubricants and fluids are its lifeblood. Using the wrong ones can dramatically affect its lifespan and performance. Your Bendigo Toyota Service Advisor can advise you on the products best suited to your model. It's all part of the experience you get at your Bendigo Toyota Service Centre.
Your car fluids and cleaners will probably require the most attention when it comes to maintaining your Toyota. By maintaining your car's fluids, you can make cleaning easier and reduce the chance of damage to parts.
Some of the fluids and cleaners your Toyota needs are#:
High performance brake fluid is essential in keeping braking systems in top working condition. Brake fluid is a type of hydraulic fluid that allows for the transfer of force into pressure. Because brake fluid is subject to high temperatures, it requires a high "boiling point" to avoid vaporizing.
Toyota Genuine Brake Fluid provides a higher 'Wet Boiling Point' which simply means that it provides maximum performance under extreme conditions. It also contains additives to prevent corrosion, sludge formation and brake fluid leakage.
Your car coolant is crucial to your car's cooling system. The coolant contains glycol and water and is what prevents the engine from overheating. If your coolant level is consistently low, you may want to have a Bendigo Toyota Service Technician check for a leak.
In Australia, where the climate can vary dramatically, the anti-boiling and anti-freezing properties of 50/50 Premixed Super Long Life Car Coolant are invaluable.
For optimum performance and cooling efficiency, have the car coolant replaced at intervals in accordance with your Service & Warranty logbook or every 80,000 kilometres.
Changing your engine oil and filter regularly is one of the most important procedures you can do to extend the life and performance of your Toyota. If you do a lot of stop / start driving, drive in dusty, dirty conditions or do a lot of towing you should change your engine oil more frequently (either by time or distance, as recommended in your service handbook). Always ensure that your oil filter is changed every time your engine oil is.
- Toyota Genuine Motor Oils have been specifically formulated for Toyotas to suit the diverse driving conditions your Toyota may encounter.
- The engine oil provides complete engine protection against starting friction, heat stress and engine sludging for better performance and maximum engine life.
- You can find out specific details for your Toyota in the additional service requirements in your Service & Warranty logbook.
Deposits can build up on fuel injectors over time that can cause issues such as reduced engine power, poor fuel economy and increased emissions. Fuel Injector Cleaner can rapidly penetrate these deposits, breaking them down so they can be dissolved into the fuel and burnt as part of the combustion process. This can restore your engine to its new car performance.
- To maintain optimal performance, it is recommended that Toyota Genuine Injector Cleaner be used once every 2 years or 40,000 kilometres or may be used as required to help restore engine performance.
- Toyota Genuine Injector Cleaners are available for both petrol and diesel engines.
- You can find out specific details for your Toyota in the additional service requirements in your Service & Warranty logbook.
On average your windscreen wiper blades wipe the equivalent of 25 hectares of glass each year. Plain cold washer water cannot cope with all this grease and grime. Keeping your windshield washer fluid topped up allows you to keep a clean window when the drive gets messy.
Toyota Genuine Windscreen Washer Additive contains both grease cleaning additive and a rubber conditioner for your wiper blades. The result of having the windshield washer additive is cleaner windows through better performance and less strain on the wiper system.
Over time fungi and bacteria can form in your vehicles air conditioner, spreading germs and odours throughout your car. But if you give your air conditioner a disinfecting and deodorising treatment at your next scheduled service you can breathe fresh air again.
Getting air conditioner treatment regularly is both curative and preventative; helping to eliminate foul odours and providing long lasting anti-bacterial and antifungal protection.
To keep the air inside your car clean, ask your Bendigo Toyota Service Advisor about having your air conditioner professionally treated by our expert technicians.
Your Bendigo Toyota Service Advisor will also be able to see if your vehicle is equipped with a Cabin Air Filter.
# Note: Maintenance, service or expendable parts such as Motor Oil, are covered for manufacturer's defects but are not covered for wear as they are a normal maintenance item.