Recent content by calin

One thing for sure, nobody seems to consider this a normal noise. It happens right when the weels start to turn after appying the breaks at a stop light. Will have to see my dealer but I know I will havew hard time to convince him that this is a problem, especially that this is a random noise...

:awais: There is really nobody that has an idea about this? Just want to know if I should ignore this sound or if this as not a normal sound.

On my recently purchased 2004 4Runner V8 limited I sometimes hear a strange noise while in drive and releasing the breaks. Previous to it, I beaked normally, not too rough not too slowly. The wheels where straight. The road was clean. The car was in H4. It happens few once every 4-7 breaks...

Re: Short term average? tedcool, What I have is not exactly what you asked but during my test the average displayed values between 18.1 and 18.8 MPG. The actual is 15.3 far away from 18.4MPG displayed at the end of the test. If the average is a short term average (which I beleave it is) I...

:) Till I have figured up the real fuel consumption I have also made few gelous peoles with the displayed information.

Thank you. If done some research and indeed I have foud peoples reporting discrepancy between the actual mileage and the displayed mileage. One major issue I have is that if the error is so large 3.1MPG on my 4runner I might have a mechanical problem. It seems that the displayed value is...

I just bought a 2004 Toyota 4runner V8 with 24000 miles. (Canada- cold) I use regular gas. I filled up the gas tank and reset the average fuel consumption. I drove 158 miles 70% highway @ 55MPH rest is city driving. I did 8 long stops (overnights and 10 hours during the day) and 40 short ones...