Got my rag out, probably wondering why
I'm going to do a video today on the Hyundai Elantra that I picked up not too long ago
your basic fluid checks
on this vehicle
this just happens to be a 2009
but I know this covers pretty much
quite a bit of these Hyundai Elantras
the olders ones, you know 2000 and on up
I'm just going to go ahead and get right into it
so if you need this kind of a lesson
this is going to be real helpful, you can check your own fluids
basic checks and what not
let's go
here is the engine
to your left as your facing the vehicle
your going to see the coolant overfill tank
it should say coolant right on the cap
going to look inside, you should have coolant in there
now if you go to the side of this
canister
bottle, whatever you want to call it, overfill tank
your going to see two marks
it should be right about here
or any where in between these two marks
alright, so anywhere between these two marks
should be fine, mine is actually a little higher than this top mark
its okay
if you over fill this a little bit
its not a big deal
alright
next to that you have the
washer
fluid
it will say right on there
washer only
you pop it open, you put your washer fluid in there
and I'm a little low so let me get some
I like using the rain-x stuff 2-in-1 all season
does a great job on the windshield
helps to keep the rain off and all that stuff
I'll put a link in the description below if you guys are interested in get more information on the fluids that I use
alright so mu windshield washer fluid is topped off
next thing your going to see this right here
its yellow
right on top it should say engine oil
car is not running okay
you pull this out
your going to wipe the dipstick off
wipe that oil right off of there
take a good look at your dip stick
F is for full, L is for low
I know its upside down but it is what it is
it should be right here on the full mark
I like to check my engine oil while the engine is warm
I just got home from work
so its going to be
a better reading
let's check it
as you can see
we'll I hope you can see
it is right on the full mark
so the engine oil is good
now if you need to add engine oil
you would come up to this cap here which is directly above the dipstick
and it will say see owners manual on it
and it will tell you the type of oil you need to use
which is 5w-20 in this vehicle
take this cap off
and your engine oil would go right in there
so put a little bit at a time if you needed some
and then check your dipstick, keep doing that till you get to the full mark
okay so we're on the left side of the vehicle
or the drivers side I should say
brake master cyclinder
alright your brake fluid
its right up against what's called the fire wall
right by the wipers
alright so here is the wiper, if you go down, driver's seat is right there
boom
master cyclinder
for your brake reservoir
on the side of this I'm not sure if I am going to be able to show it to you
but on the side of this there is a max level
which is right here
alright, so the fluid should be
right there
so you take this cap off
and the fluid goes right in
so I'm a little low
just under max
but if you look straight underneath that max line
the low line
right
or the low marking is way below that
reservoir
iIts like passed half way down
so anything between the max
and the low
your good
so I'm not going to put, I was going to but I'm not going to put brake fluid in that
we are good
because the low
its so hard to show on camera cause its so tight in here
the low is way
way down
down there
but anyway
thats good enough
this is your battery
it is not a sealed battery
so we're going to have to open these caps
to get a look and see if it needs any fluid
basically you take a screwdriver
and you pop the caps open
now
you want to take a look inside here in the cells
your going to see fluid
so that fluid
should be right to the bottom of that
hole opening
right
you'll see
and their all pretty good man, their all right there
now if I needed
fluid
I would need to use, or what I use is distilled water
and I would put it in there
that's what I use
now if you have what's called a sealed battery you won't need to do these checks on your battery
so
make sure you have ah, you know what kind of battery you have
if its a sealed battery
chances are your not going to have caps like this
okay, their won't be any caps you can open up
if it does have caps like this
then its not a sealed battery
your going to have to open these up
to check your fluid levels
now another thing I like to do is to make sure my terminals are clean
right, no corrosion
right, make sure they got good contacts, if you see corrosion on this it will look like a white powdery substance
or sometimes its like a green color
take these off
clean this up
and then put it back together
your battery will tend to last longer
your alternator will last longer
and the whole electrical system will work
much easier
if these are clean
last thing that needs to be checked
is my transmission fluid
now to do this
transmission has to be running
and it has to be in park or neutral
I would just leave it in park
that's what I do
and then we'll pull the dipstick and check it
let me get this thing running
alright she's running and again
best time to check this
is when the engine
is nice and warm
you'll get a better reading
same thing on this
wipe it off completely
take a look at your marks
here you have C for cold
and you got hot
so when its hot like it is now it should be right between these two marks here
if the tranis was cold it would be down here
so let's check and see where we're at
do that one more time
alright, so i'm right here
honestly
it's overfilled
if you want to get real technical
I'm just right about here
I'm leaving it alone
you do what you want
can you take some out, sure you can
but because it ain't that much
and I know this transmission and oil is hot
ain't going to get any higher than that
so I'm happy with that and I'm going to leave it there
I'm not to go through the trouble to try to take some out
last thing I'm going to suggest you do while your under here
is lubricate everything
lubricate your hinges
the latch
and that will just keep everything in good working order
and you know heck your under here you minus well knock it out
and lubricate it and
know that next time you go to open your hood
its gonna work for ya
you'll be able to open the hood
so that's all their is to checking your fluids
and ah
you know maintaining your vehicle really
very important, keep your fluids where there suppose to be
and you shouldn't run into any problems with your engine
I hope this video is helpful
I wish you all the best
have a glorious day
bye, bye