2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 4x4 LIMITED EDITION
MILLENNIUM SILVER
3.4L V6 5VZ-lFE
4-Speed A340F Automatic Transmission
4X4 W/ Multimode
4.30:1 Differential Gears w/ E-locker

Hi,
I'm pretty sure I never introduced myself here; I'm way more active on the 3rd Gen Mafia Facebook group. Anyway, I purchased my 4Runner in October 2017 after trading in my Touareg TDi due to the emissions scandal. I wanted a reliable weekend warrior I could use to go hiking, exploring, and could take me to work in the snow since I also got a G37S at the same time. I work in the lab of an independent tire test center and working on getting in to Pharm school right now so life is busy.
I haven't done much mod wise, but do have all the parts for a 3" lift in my shop (including LBJs) and unwelded front bumper from Brandon in Canada to build. I've only put 3k miles on it in the past 18 months or so, but I have been catching up on maintenance. So far I've changed the oil/filter, air filter, and fuel filter. I've done the "grey wire mod" for my rear diff, and cleaned out the blower motor. I plan on doing plugs and wires along with a valve cover job this Spring, along with changing the diff fluids, and trans fluid.


UPGRADES & MODIFICATIONS (Planned)

Suspension:
Front: Toytec/Eibach Complete Front Coilovers - 3" Lift
New LBJs
Rear: LC Coils w/ Tokico blacks

Wheels & Tires:
-17" Tundra wheels


Electrical Modifications:
-Disabled Daytime Running Lights
-"Grey wire" mod


Interior Upgrades:
-Black Husky mats

Stereo/CB/ HAM:


Exterior Upgrades:

-SRQ Fabrication Ditch Light Brackets
-CaliRaised Side Shooters
-Rigid Spot Pods
-Philips White Vision bulbs in headlights

**Armor**
4X Innovations DOM Sliders
Coastal Offroad Aluminum Front Bumper

Dirty by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
Just Washed by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
North of Blackfork Mt. by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr

I plan on posting all my lighting upgrades here; I already replaced whatever bulbs the prior owner had with Philips White Visions and have a set of Rigid spots in box waiting on me to finish my front bumper. I plan on posting before/after/comparisons along the way.
Here's the bulbs I used by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr

When I first got it, I noticed how loud the fan was on high, I foud this whne i pulled it out. Took this out, blew the blades off with compressed air, and relubed the bearing with 3-in-one oil, now I can carry on a conversation in peace.
Found the Noise by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr


Here are the LC coils I picked up locally for $20
LC Coils by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr


This is what my throttle body looked like when I pulled it to clean, I was trying to fix my hard hot starts, no luck there yet.
Throttle Body by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr

checked spark plugs and fuel pressure?

Almost every 3rd Gen will benefit from cleaning the Mass Air Flow sensor. Search and read up on it before you do it. Use the correct cleaner and don’t touch it. It will definitely help with warm start issues.

I haven't checked either, I have plugs and wires ready to go on, but I'm waiting to install them concurrently with the valve cover I'm going to have to do.

I cleaned it when I cleaned the throttle body and upper intake, no affect noticed.

Picked up a set of black Husky liners today from the same local guy I got my Tundra wheels.
I also appear to have fixed my warm start issue, though I'm not sure what it was. I ran two tanks back-to-back of BG K44 and my starting issues have vanished, I'm not sure if an injector was getting hung or what but I haven't had any troubles since about halfway through the second tank.

Went out driving back roads for an hour or so today just because it's been a week or so since I've driven the her. When I was almost back home I felt/heard an obvious change in the idle, I flipped the ECT on and gave it the old Italian tune up to pop the CEL; P0304, Misfire in cylinder #4. It was almost time to pick up the kids from school and start shuttling them around so all I really had time to do was pull the plug. It's not a dual-electrode, but it is a NGK iridium, not sure what kind of miles or on it and I planned on swapping them out with the correct ones when I change my valve cover gaskets this spring. I'm not good at reading plugs, does this one seem adnormal in any way to you?

The plugs look like they are on their last legs, time for new ones for sure. Autozone has good prices on the plugs and amazon has good deals on wires.
What year Touareg did you have? Was it a V10?

2010, it was the 3.0 V6, I loved it but the money the offered was way more than it was worth or ever would be worth again.

Glad they bought you out, I had a V10 (don't think they were ever included in the recall) but one of the turbos went bad from oil starvation, estimates were over 10k! The engine has to come out to get to the turbos!
It was a freight train when it ran but I couldn't afford the repairs, someone saved it though its still running around my town.

Slowly working on this P0304 code.
So far, I picked up an OEM spark plug and swapped it out for the one on cylinder #4, no affect noticed.
If it was the coil, I would assume that cylinder #1 would be misfiring too since they use the same coil. Right?
It could be the wires, I plan on swapping those around in the next couple of days. But I'm really thinking it's the injector. That could be causing my hot start issues and bad fuel mileage (14 mpg, stock everything) too.

You can swap the coil packs to test them as well. I just got an injector rebuild kit off eBay for 22$, haven’t done the work yet though. Also a few places online you can get cleaned/rebuilt/balanced injectors it’s a bit more $ though..

I'll try and swap the coils around tomorrow; if there's no change in cylinder I'll probably send some injectors to Witchhunter for a servicing.

20190206 Update: Swapped front and rear coil pack drove around block, and still getting P0304.

Hey guys,
I need your advice on fuel injector resistance. The FSM says 13.8 ohms at 68F, and the Haynes manual says 13.4-14.2 ohms; at room temp all mine are 16 ohms. I'm trying to decide if I should send all of mine to be rebuilt considering the out of spec resistance, but I've seen several people on YotaTech say they're good up to 18 ohms. I'm really just looking for advice on whether to rebuild or try something else, and I don't even know who to tag to ask here maybe @mtbtim and @infamousRNR

The injector that was giving me problems appears to be clogged, a friend and I hooked a piece of fuel line filled with carb cleaner to the inlet side and tried to force it through with a air compressor while he actuated the injector with a 9V battery, only drips came out, while a known good injector shot it out when we tried the same thing. All injectors sounded the same when fired via 9V and all the ohms are the same.