Recent content by Hollywood1

I’m gonna retorque my 02 3.4 leaky valve covers bolts today. 175k miles. When doing so, do you remove the complete Intake manifold to get to all the valve cover gaskets? I figured I’d remove the intake and clean it out while it’s off. Along with getting to all the Vakve Cover Bolts. Gonna...

Ok Thanks, I’ll have to double check exactly which I bought. I generally use OEM or NAPA parts but I was on a tight budget and time frame to get it back on the road.

Oh, I called local dealer to price OEM shocks, they wanted $160 for 1!!!! ��

Thanks I’ll check it out.

Thanks! Yeah I did both Ball joints on the Passenger side in December. I used Moog ball joints, so hopefully they’ll hold ok, it’s got 180k miles now. I’ll be swapping the lower Ball joint on the Driver side when I do the Shock swap. Her passenger side shock is leaking, oil on the LCA and...

Ok thanks for the heads up. Any suggestions on other shock option? I read the KYB’s aren’t liked very well.

2002 Limited v-6 2wd in need of front shocks. Stock springs with 1.5 lift spacers. After a ton of back and forth on shocks, I’m opting for the Bilstein 4600. It’s my GF’s 4runner which will most likely never see any harsh off-road. But after reading about the comfort between the KYB vs. Bilstein...

Driver side Balljoints were on the to do list at same time as well.

Correction: I will be removing the lift spacers, the 99’ coils should compensate for the lift vs. the lower 02’ coils. I’ll have to compare pricing on the Factory shocks vs. Bilsteins. The Bilsteins will be a bit stiffer ride. Granted Los Angeles does have some crappy roads but it’ll probably...

My girlfriends front shocks need to be replaced in her 2wd 2002 v-6 3rd gen. One of the shocks is blown and it’s leaking fluid. I’m thinking of just going with OEM factory shocks since they’ve lasted this long at 180k. Daily street/highway driver. But it currently has a 1.5” aluminum spacer...

So while fixing my GF’s 02’ Evap leak on the Tank Check Valve. I noticed a good amount of Oil residue from a few leaks. I had cleaned it up prior to get a better idea of where the leak is coming from and I’m most certain it’s from the Valve covers. But it also looks like the front Passenger...

Sorry for the late reply. But thanks for everyone’s recent input. I hope it’s helpful to others. So I went ahead and ordered the new Gas Tank Check Valve, Check Valve Gasket, and New House from Check Valve to Charcoal Canister. I jacked up the rear and used my big jack stands to give me good...

I just installed a new Check Valve, Check Valve Gasket, New vent hose and I replaced the rubber hoses coming from the tank. The old one float seemed to be moving ok, but I’m not sure if there are any other components inside. Fingers crossed that the check engine light doesn’t go off again.

Great Video on how to change Check valve. YouTube

Updating an old post! Sorry for the delay in responses. My Gf has been waiting to put the money into any more parts for her 4runner. So after the smoke test and reading some others similar problems I went ahead and ordered the Gas Fill Neck, which on the 02’ is a 4 tube part. Ordered online...