Recent content by ECST5

I did manage to get the tab off fiddling with my smallest needle nose pliers. Then I spent hours looking around with a boroscope unable to find the pen cap. At this point debating if I should leave the plastic piece, cause dropping that oil pan is not something I want to do.

Head gasket replacement on 5VZ really not going to plan. When marking the bolts for the 90 degree torque angle part of the head install, I dropped the pen cap. Into the hole that goes all the way down to the oil pan. Stuck a boroscope down there and it looked like it was sitting on top of the...

Been having trouble with my 97 the last couple weeks. Started as a really rough idle, then I got P0306 misfire on cylinder 6 code. Swapped spark plugs around to test, swapped coil packs around to test, swapped wires around to test, all still returned P0306 code. So tested the injector...

Trying to get my post count up so here's a photo of my 97 4Runner in the snow a little while ago.

I have a no start with P0340 code. Replaced camshaft position sensor and car still won't start and the code came back. I just did timing belt and head gaskets but the timing lines up fine. Continuity checks out fine from sensor ground to ground, so could be something in wire to ECM. Anybody have...

I did both head gaskets, timing belt, water pump, and new spark plugs, and my 4runner won't start. Throws a P0340 code so I tried replacing camshaft position sensor and it still throws the code and won't start. Most I have gotten it to do is idle at 300rpm for about 3 seconds.

Seeing OP is a fellow Californian. Emission laws here are so insanely strict on vehicles (for good reason, but still) swapping from gas to diesel is a major SOB. I've thought it about and done a little research. Basically everybody just says go see your smog referee since emission laws are...

I have a 33 inch tire in my stock spare location on a 3rd gen 4runner. It’s aired down like all the way but that’s what a compressor is for. If you mount it with the outer part of the rim facing up in the spare holder I wouldn’t be worried at all about scratches. And even if you didn’t the...