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I have an 08 V6 so no problems/issues or experience with these products, but here's a thread that discusses it: Blue Devil Head Gasket Sealer Good luck

I'm a huge RUSH fan and Neil Peart was one of my heroes. It's an excellent book and I highly recommend it.

Bette Midler is that really you driving an old 4Runner??! Lol. How mechanically inclined are you? My recommendation is to find a competent dealer (I know that's the hard part) and have them do a fluid exchange (not a flush!). You will be just fine. It will likely cost you a couple hundred...

Same height/body type here. I had to buy a 4Runner without the sunroof because of the headroom issue. Plenty of room without a sunroof.

Rolling Thunder is right. Keep in mind that 90% of a paint job is the body and surface prep. You can spend weeks/months doing body work or prepping the surface for painting and then it only takes one day to paint. The paint results are 90% prep and a MAACO or similar place will do fine for your...

I believe the v6 is supposed to use copper plugs that get changed every 30K miles, not irridiums. I'm not sure that irridiums would always cause a problem, since some people do run them in the v6, but maybe the gap is wrong or they gave you the wrong plugs? I personally would switch them out to...

OP, sorry for your troubles but you are not alone. This can happen to any vehicle even if the soy-based wiring insulation exacerbates the problem in newer vehicles. I had a rodent problem last September and on the advice of my neighbor who has lived here for 25 years without a problem to his...

Ha you guys are funny. I'm "the guy" who posted about Lemon Pledge. You can check out the thread here: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/4th-gen-t4rs/225502-possible-entry-points-rodents-getting-into-4th-gen-passenger-compartment.html#post2499316 It's been months now and I still lemon pledge my...

Yes, and I read on the forum somewhere that Toyota uses a peanut-oil based lubricant in the AC system? Not sure if that is true or not, but that's just not helpful at all! Also, for the record, my neighbor's vehicle is a 2012 Toyota Sienna, so he should have the same soy-based wiring insulation...

OP, try regularly cleaning your engine compartment with Lemon Pledge. It's worth a try -seems to be working for my neighbor and for me as well. I wrote about it here: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/4th-gen-t4rs/225502-possible-entry-points-rodents-getting-into-4th-gen-passenger-compartment.html

Everybody has their opinion on SeaFoam, but if it was my 4Runner that had some engine sludge, I would NOT use it in the oil. You want to remove the sludge very slowly not quickly, which will cause problems. I highly recommend that you switch to a good 5w-30 synthetic oil, preferably one that...

Well I thought I would update this thread with something that might be helpful to anyone dealing with rodents. First, I could find no other sign of rodents getting in my 4Runner aside from the CAF opening as others mentioned. About two days after I first posted this thread I was talking to my...

Thanks for all your help BlackWorksInc. The pictures are great and I had no idea those vents existed. This is exactly the kind of information I was looking for.

Thanks BlackWorksInc. Your response makes me want to ask you two additional questions for the sake of completeness and clarification. First, are you saying that all those body holes are still leading them only to the opening above the CAF? Second, forgive my ignorance, but what are the...

Thanks to everyone for your replies/suggestions. BlackWorksInc you mentioned that the rodents can also fit between gaps in the body panels. Did you mean that they are simply coming into my engine compartment and then crawling up the firewall to access the cowl vents (and thus gain access to...