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I bought a used 2005 V8 SR5 with Mastercraft Courser tires on it and they were like water skies in the rain and it rains a lot in South Louisiana. Replaced them with Michelin Defender LTX AT2 tires that were simply awesome. I drive 99% on the road with a bit of gravel, these tires had what I...

I will check that first, it has 160K on the odo.

So my array of dash check engine lights came on as I left lunch yesterday, it is a PO 420, catalytic converter bank 1. Auto Zone priced the part at $650ish, I'm waiting for a price to replace it from my local Toyota dealership, I know a service writer there and he cuts me some slack. Anyway, of...

Fixed, haven't had any issues since.

The 2UZ-FE has 271 hp @ 4,800 RPM & 315tq @ 3400 rpm (starting in 2005 for the 4Runner) The 2UZ-FE was a 4.7 L (4,663 cc or 284.6 cu in) version built in Tahara, Aichi, Japan and at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama. Unlike its other UZ counterparts, this version uses a cast iron block to...

2005 sr5 v8: 168,000

Finally took it to the dealer and their more in depth code scanner showed it was running at a 40% mixture. I was advised to not drive it. They isolated the PCV valve which I had replaced with one from Autozone and they pointed that Autozone is Autozone. Was supposed to pick it up today but the...

I am getting a PO171 and PO174, I've replaced the air filter, MAF, I took it to a shop and they smoke tested it which showed it needed the PCV & it's hose, intake manifold gasket set, fuel injector O-ring and fuel injector cushion ring-lower which were all changed and still getting PO171 &...

Today I got mine out of the shop lighter by $1,683.46 which included the front brakes and calipers but I again got PO171 and PO174, I've replaced the air filter, MAF, they had smoke tests which showed it needed the PCV & it's hose, intake manifold gasket set, fuel injector O-ring and fuel...

do you have the url for the Toyota site where to see what maintenance was done using the VIN?