Recent content by Mellemel

Ha yeah ! let me put that in the past tense, I did love my 4 runner, but not any more. Replaced with Forester XT.

To many issues to deal with. After 20 years and almost 400,000KM's "I Let it go." Had enough of the endless hours and expense spent working on it. Mou ii wa, as they say in Japanese, "enough is enough".

What should I be looking for if I don't have a spark ? The plugs are wet with gas, I don't have a spark ! It was suddenly very cold overnight -20c or below, previous day was -1c. Wonder if some damp has got in and frozen something, still -15c today so nothing can defrost. The day before it ran...

I have been smacking the starter with a hammer and bar and had the hair drier on it tonight to no avail. I suspect the battery now.

Well I checked the Torque pro app on my phone and the battery voltage, and guess what ?? It read 10.9v !!!!!! Not very good eh ! I completely over looked a bad battery cos it's always showed 14.2 - 14.4v and even yesterday it was showing 14.4v and cranking just fine. I wonder if the sudden...

The video upload says "invalid file" argh. The starter sounds like it's whirring almost, but all the belts turn. Just now the motor gave a small "pop" like a misfire ! it came from near the throttle intake. Could be too much gas pumped in now !

No, it's the usual crank speed just sounds different ! I'm going to take a short video. Pretty sure the starter is Ok because all the belts are turning.

I'm going outside !! -15c windchill -25c. Where is the cold start injector located ? Anyone know ? I'm going to check the EFI relay as in take it out warm up in the house ! replace. Clean the temp sensor too. Yup, I already marked the belts, had my wife crank it while I watched all moving...

Timing belt has about 20,000 miles if that ! Hair dryer trick sounds like it might be worth a try.

So -18c this morning and the old girl doesn't want to start ! It spins over OK I think, but not the usual sound like when the pistons pump up and down if that makes sense, it's more like a smoother cranking sound. Pretty sure the freezing temps have got something to do with it. It was fine...

I have just been having the exact same symptoms. Whitish smoke or steam on and off suddenly stopping for days then back again, short misfires on cold start ups etc... this week I had worse bubbling in the overflow tank than ever, that pretty much told me it was the HG going bad. Last night I...

New heater control valve last summer ! It's not leaking. The old one was, but not anymore.

I think I'm gonna hafta do the same Reelamin ! I get too concerned about my motors not running right. It's really only my work car, I shouldn't worry about it like I do. F*** it. Daniresch, also dude I fear you are correct. Thanks guys.

How much were you losing? and how often did you have to top up ?

Checked that weeks ago. Took the overflow tank out and cleaned it out along with the pipes too.