Recent content by chilisquid

thanks for all your replies yes, I'm only making short trips in cold weather. 3 miles to work and back per day. I searched this forum, saw all the other threads on crappy mileage, probably has to do with the winter gas mix. I had the brakes checked at the dealer, they said there was no...

2004 4th gen 4runner, 4.7L V8, 4WD only 47k miles, original owner crappy mileage between 10 and 12mpg. I used to get 15 or 16. This is the first time I have ever had this 4runner in cold weather. Over the past 11 years, It's been to Thailand, Singapore, and Brazil (I work for USG). Already...

OK, so the OBD readout said P0171 and P0174, both of which correspond to "fuel mixture too lean" So hopefully when I put real gasoline in, these will go away. this 4runner only has 32k miles on it. It was stored for a year, in 2006 and for another year in 2010.

I have my 2004 4runner in Brazil, and tried two tanks of ethanol, not realizing that it is a different mix here. I have the 4.7 L 2UZ-FE V8 engine. I had previously used ethanol in Thailand (10 percent ethanol) and had no problems. Here in Brazil, it is E25. Ran through two tanks of...