98 Avalon Coolant Flush

[19Glendale]

Anyone know the steps required to do a coolant flush on the '98 Avalon (not just a radiator drain and refill)? or could direct me as to where I could find it. Didn't have any luck searching on the forum.

I have a bottle of the Toyota dealer coolant and some distilled water and was thinking now's as good a time as any... want to keep this thing running as long as possible.

Any other related advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks again, the regular commenters on this forum are indispensable!

[ProjectAvalon]

i dunno about "required" but are my usual steps.
pull hoses and let drain.(you can either do it the messy way or time consuming) usually i put it all back together and replace it with water.
then run the car to cycle the remaining coolant. and drain until only water is present. then refill and bleed system.

alternately, you could pull the hoses and start the car with the outlet hose in containers/pans. i'd forsee a mess but it'd be quicker i suppose.

[pmesfun]

There are engine block drains on each side, one by the oil filter and I think by the egr tube at the back. Be sure to flush only with distilled water and take into account the amount of water left in the engine when doing the coolant/distilled water mix.