Do the drain and fill with the SLLC pink pre-mixed coolant. Look up the cooling system capacity and compare how much you have to add with the capacity to see how much of the old coolant was in there. (It is hard to get it all out. I have not had luck with the block drain.) If you determine that there is a lot of old stuff left in there, then drive it for a while, then drain and fill again to get more of the old coolant or tap water, or whatever else is in there. Especially important if the previous owner put wrong coolant in. Toyotas need the right coolant to prevent corrosion of engine components. Maybe in six months, drain and fill again.
Change the oil, using full synthetic of the correct viscosity as written on the oil cap on the engine. I use Mobil One or the new Kirkland synthetic from Costco. If the old oil is nasty, consider changing again in a thousand miles or sooner. Use a Wix filter or Toyota filter.
Change the air filter. Consider changing the brake fluid and the power steering fluid. Easy to use a turkey baster to empty the reservoirs and re-fill once a week or once a month.
How many miles? If over 100,000, check your transmission fluid. Looks like your transmission has a dipstick, old style. Look at the fluid on the dipstick. If it's black or brown instead of a nice clear red, change it. While you are changing your oil, get another drain pan and drain the transmission. Re-fill with Valvoline MaxLife fully synthetic transmission fluid. You won't get the fluid that's in the torque converter, so plan on doing it again the next time you change oil. It will take three or so times to change enough.
Get some of those black plastic ramps and some wheel chocks. All the stuff you need to get to is at the front of the car, so you don't need to get under.
Front end on ramps helps get the air out of the cooling system, since the radiator is now more uphill.
Clean fluids are the key to long life on Toyotas. We buy them with 100,000 miles and sell them with 300,000. We just sold our 1999 Camry with 300,000 miles and got dozens of calls.
Good luck!
Change the oil, using full synthetic of the correct viscosity as written on the oil cap on the engine. I use Mobil One or the new Kirkland synthetic from Costco. If the old oil is nasty, consider changing again in a thousand miles or sooner. Use a Wix filter or Toyota filter.
Change the air filter. Consider changing the brake fluid and the power steering fluid. Easy to use a turkey baster to empty the reservoirs and re-fill once a week or once a month.
How many miles? If over 100,000, check your transmission fluid. Looks like your transmission has a dipstick, old style. Look at the fluid on the dipstick. If it's black or brown instead of a nice clear red, change it. While you are changing your oil, get another drain pan and drain the transmission. Re-fill with Valvoline MaxLife fully synthetic transmission fluid. You won't get the fluid that's in the torque converter, so plan on doing it again the next time you change oil. It will take three or so times to change enough.
Get some of those black plastic ramps and some wheel chocks. All the stuff you need to get to is at the front of the car, so you don't need to get under.
Front end on ramps helps get the air out of the cooling system, since the radiator is now more uphill.
Clean fluids are the key to long life on Toyotas. We buy them with 100,000 miles and sell them with 300,000. We just sold our 1999 Camry with 300,000 miles and got dozens of calls.
Good luck!
