Recent content by lexmex

I like that site, they do give kudos to several forums for various vehicles. One of my more favorite sites as a result.

I love those rims.

I'm going from personal experience when I say I've seen mostly (but not all dealers) Mobil being used. I know Castrol has been used in some dealers. When I lived in Mexico, every dealer that I went by there told me they used Mobil. In fact, the Toyota oil bottles had mentioned on the bottle...

Most of the Toyota/Lexus places I've seen use Mobil, but some dealers differ. I'd agree Castrol GTX is a great conventional oil, Chevron makes some great Chevron conventional oils, too. I would say that it's not really all about the oil, but also the climate where you live, how you drive, what...

CRC cleaner is great. Basically, any electrical contacts cleaner will work.

I'm very curious about oils. I currently run a Castrol Syntec 0W30 in my RX300 and am about to try shortly the new Pennzoil Ultra Euro 5W30 in both the RX300 and if that works out successfully, will switch over the our 4Runner to that oil, too.

I've done this so many times and never once disconnected the battery when doing this.

I don't know that I can specifically speak to the 4Runner or its batteries, but having gone through this for years with my RX300, I am fully aware that disconnecting the battery will reset the vehicle computer so that it has to relearn your 'driving style' so to speak. This doesn't usually take...

Sometimes some of the oil stays in the upper cylinder. That's been my case running the Castrol Syntec 0W30 because at other times I get a normal reading. It could be you have a miniscule (almost undetectable) issues with a leak around the rings or an issue with one of the piston walls. That's...

I have the same issues in other vehicles, notably in my RX300, and as mentioned the battery reset does it. That also often goes for other gauges.

What grade/weight?

What kind of oil are you running?

I don't expect one will ever run into a CEL. I practically tore up the intake system of my own Lexus RX300 (see page 6 of my car domain page below) and eventually plan to do some custom intake modifications on our 4Runner. I'd ideally like to do a ram air scoop systems and simplify the piping. I...

We were extremely lucky. Through connections, I happened to get my hands on an 06 V8 SR5 2WD with only 19k miles for oddly enough 19K USD. It was taken in for every squeak or pop by its owners who were a retired couple. I looked all over Miami and the surrounding areas from the Keys to West...

I'm in that process right now. I just got an 06 V8 RWD with only 19K on the clock. Right now I just did the K&N filter, removed the hydrocarbon filter and added some WaterWetter to the coolant. I plan to wait until 30K to play with the differential fluid, Power Steering and brake fluid because...