Recent content by Crazed710

So I had the P0440 code come up on my new to me 2002 SR5 4Runner after two weeks. The code wasn't accompanied with any other, so I did some research, and a lot of people recommended a new gas cap. Unfortunately, that wasn't my issue and the light came back on ten days later. I took it in for a...

Yeah a little disappointing. Borrowed a friends scanner and got a P0440 returned. Hoping I just didn't tighten the gas cap enough or something. A lot of people mentioned that you can get this problem with an aftermarket gas cap, so I'm now trying to determine if thats my problem. Not super...

Haha I'll keep that in mind. Also looks like I might get my first opportunity to do some work sooner then I thought, vsc track, trac off and check engine light all just came on together...

Yeah. Airfilter looks super clean and new, and most of the fluids looked very clean, but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to flush them myself and get acquainted with working on the car. Also looked around for transmission external cooler threads, found this one which looks alright. If anybody...

Thanks for info. Yeah it does seem that 4runner prices in the Sac area are quite inflated, and I think I could have gotten a better deal up in the foothills or maybe even up north in Redding. I didn't have a car at the time though so it's hard to trek far to look at stuff. Alright, I'll try...

Just bought my first vehicle last week at a local used car dealership. I got it for 8000 which seemed reasonable for a 2002 Limited with 180k miles. The car is pretty much perfect apart from a few minor issues.I couldn't wait to start working on the runner, and by the end of the next day I took...

Yeah, I think I might move on. Thanks for the advice.

Hard to say, I would say more like burning oil than plastic. I'm comforted by the fact it could have been residual oil from the dealer cleaning the engine. How expensive are oil leaks to fix generally?

I'm looking at a potential 4runner in the Sacramento area, here is the link . 1999 Toyota 4Runner for sale in Roseville CA JT3HN87R2X0197971 At first glance the Runner seems in good shape, I particularly liked it because they just replaced the timing belt and water pump which saves me about...