Lexus NX300 - 6-3. Do-It-Yourself Maintenance; Do-It-Yourself Service Precautions

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6-3. Do-it-yourself maintenance
LEXUS NX300 Owners Manu-
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6-3.Do-it-yourself maintenance
Do-it-yourself service pre-
cautions
If you perform maintenance by
yourself, be sure to follow the cor-
rect procedure as given in these
sections.
Maintenance
Items Parts and tools
Battery condi-
tion
(→P.319)
•Warm water
• Baking soda
•Grease
• Conventional wrench
(for terminal clamp
bolts)
Brake fluid level
(→P.319)
•FMVSS No.116 DOT
3 or SAE J1703 brake
fluid
• Rag or paper towel
• Funnel (used only for
adding brake fluid)
Engine/inter-
cooler
coolant level
(→P.317)
•“Toyota Super Long
Life Coolant” or a sim-
ilar high quality eth-
ylene glycol-based
non-silicate, non-
amine, non-nitrite and
non-borate coolant
with long-life hybrid
organic acid technol-
ogy
For the U.S.A.:
“Toyota Super Long
Life Coolant” is pre-
mixed with 50% cool-
ant and 50% deion-
ized water.
For Canada:
“Toyota Super Long
Life Coolant” is pre-
mixed with 55% cool-
ant and 45% deion-
ized water.
• Funnel (used only for
adding coolant)
Engine oil level
(→P.315)
•“Toyota Genuine
Motor Oil” or equiva-
lent
• Rag or paper towel
• Funnel (used only for
adding engine oil)
Fuses (→P.335)
•Fuse with same
amperage rating as
original
Light bulbs
(→P.338)
• Bulb with same num-
ber and wattage rat-
ing as original
Headlight aim
• Phillips-head screw-
driver
Items Parts and tools