Recent content by Bamahoyt

Thanks for all the time you guys put into helping me with this guys! In my honest opinion, I feel like my money and time would be better invested in righting the problems in the T4R and all than hassling someone about their lack of maintenance and how I could sue them for not buying it. The way...

Yup, if I decide to keep it I am going to do everything with Synthetic and not look back. I am just struggling with driving something I have no confidence in. I have had nothing but problems with this 4 Runner.

I just purchased the truck less than a month ago and have put less than 1000k miles on it. Well guys I pulled the pan off and this is the story.... In the process of cleaning! All back together and clean

Well the thing is I just bought the 4runner and I have only put 1000 miles on it but the guys I bought it from said he used 5w30 and changed every 4000-5000. I guess I am going to have some quotes done for a tear down and cleaning also just to weigh those options. Needless to say I better start...

well I ran it for about 15-20mins with atf fluid and did some revving and all and there was no knocking but while i was waiting for it to cool down to drain the oil I took the fill housing off and this is what I found... sludge fest

thanks for all the help guys. I am running my truck now with a 1/2 quart of atf fluid to do a "little" cleanout and so I will do the revving and listening for knocking as well. Then I will be doing a full drain of oil, and I will pull the pan and see what the sludge looks like in the pan. Any...

I would do that but I don't think I could run another 100 miles without getting low pressure and knocking again so I will just have to do a full change and I am going to run a full synth because it has some light cleaning properties. I might just throw a 1/2 quart of ATF in and let it idle a...

I use 5w30 yes and I will do a complete oil change and everything with the pan removed and all tonight so I will keep you guys posted on my findings

Yea, my brother had this exact problem on his audi and it eventually caused oil pump failure with sludge build up so I will start with dropping the pan and checking it out and will probably look into one of the big engine sludge treatments if I find it to be real rough. Secondly, lubricant...

Do you have any info on replacing the oil pressure sender? Also, I have verified that the squeal is in the belt as I did a very very light spray on of wd40 on the belt about 2 weeks ago and the squeal subsided instantly. So I should start my fixing with a oil pressure sender and a serp belt and...

Is the oil pump driven by the serpentine belt? If so it might be slipping because my belt has been really squeaking lately and might be bad. Is an oil pump a job I could do myself fairly easily? I have all the tools and I do all my own work on my vehicles but I have never dealt with an oil pump...

I drove on a 600 mile round trip to oklahoma this weekend but on the way there I passed a guy and then as I was slowing back down from passing him my check oil light came on. I pulled over and then checked my oil and the level was perfect. I turned my T4R back on and... no check oil light so I...

I drove on a 600 mile round trip to oklahoma this weekend but on the way there I passed a guy and then as I was slowing back down from passing him my check oil light came on. I pulled over and then checked my oil and the level was perfect. I turned my T4R back on and... no check oil light so I...

Thanks for all the help on my questions. I decided to stay away from the spacers to avoid any CV or any other problems down the road but I bought a whole FJ 4x4 susp with springs and shocks for $110 so I am excited to do that then add 5100's up front and a 1inch spacer in the rear. Just waiting...

Would they give me any advantage geometry wise over stock 4runner ucas?