Recent content by Jayhawk5G

Sorry, it eventually triggered codes P0171 and P0174, both banks lean. Mechanic changed the fuel pump, and the new one was faulty so it was changed again. Drove fine yesterday but last night I had extended crank 6 seconds and then P0171 triggered again. Other than the hard start and poor fuel...

Final post on this one, the shop ended up replacing the fuel pump and filter, flushing the lines and cleaned out the tank. Picked it up this evening and it fired right up and made the trip home. So for anyone who may have similar symptoms with the codes I had… I would recommend verifying it...

Update for those who deal with this in the future. It does appear to be a bad fuel pump. Tried starting it the mechanic and it would not start. Popped the breather tube off and hit it with a little starter fluid and it fired right up then died. They should get it installed tomorrow and...

Honestly that’s what I’m leaning towards… it’s worked intermittently and finally gave out. It also used to start briefly sputter and die, and yesterday it wouldn’t even turn over. I’m tempted to try and replace it in the repair shop parking lot myself today lol.

Replaced it with a remanufactured unit today and got it running. Took it for a drive and about 7 minutes in I lost power slowly until the engine shit off while driving. Coasted to a side road and had it towed to a mechanic… wouldn’t even try to start once parked. Not sure if it’s the gas...

Well after driving it to pick up pizza and having run normal, I parked at home for a couple hours. Went to run to the store just now and same no start condition. Probably going to try and track down a new Throttle Body tomorrow… I was getting the throttle position codes again.

UPDATE: It’s fixed, cleaned the TB again with carb cleaner and a microfiber cloth. Then found a very obscure pedal relearn procedure that was the missing piece. Prior to the relearn it would idle but wouldn’t rev beyond 2k rpm and did it slowly. Now it’s back to normal.

- YouTube Short video… this is after spraying the throttle body with carb cleaner and wiping oil residue out.

I have a 2013 SR5 4x4 with 180k miles. This morning, I went to start it, and it turned over and then quickly dropped rpm and shut off, it did this multiple times. I hooked up a code scanner and even after several attempts to start no codes were pending or stored. I measured 12.6 V at the...

A few years ago I added the stock touchscreen head unit from a 2016 4Runner to my 2013 4Runner. I added everything for the GPS to work, but did not worry about the backup camera. What would be the easiest way to add a backup camera to this head unit? I can find the stock camera fairly easily...

Toyota's vision is starting to become clear with the decision to stop selling the Landcruiser in the US. The Landcruiser was too expensive, and upgrading the Sequoia could make it very capable and able to fill it's spot as well as the Landcruiser in the lineup. I've really enjoyed my 4Runner...

To be fair we are talking about the company that gave us the 2JZ-GTE which was capable stock of triple the production horsepower. If they decided to go smaller displacement with a turbo I feel confident the internals would be up to the task while maintaining Toyota dependability/reliability.

Last week I swapped my worn out plastic steering wheel on my 2013 SR5 4x4 with a leather wrapped OEM wheel from a 2017 Tacoma. I apparently didn't research enough and the video guide for the swap failed to mention some important information such as keep the nut on the steering shaft when...

In an effort to not trade my 4Runner and to breathe some new life into it I had started a series of small projects to freshen it up. I swapped in a factory navigation radio from a 2016 4runner and hooked up all the adaptors to make it functional... and then decided to swap my worn out base...

Like the title states, looking for either TRD Pro wheels or aftermarket wheels in the Chicagoland area. Let me know what you have!