Recent content by oldgray

Thanks for the advice and the manual. The job went OK, I took it slow and didn't screw anything up. However, after checking 3 dealers for the TRD throttle body gasket, the third one told me there wasn't one in the state, and Toyota can't get them any more. So I left the old gasket on. It looked...

Replaced my injector today, and had a couple of observations to add. I've got a 98 4Runner with the 5VZ-FE engine and TRD Supercharger. The Supercharger complicates things a bit, but I marked all the hoses and took pictures and it came off and went back on OK. The injectors did not come out with...

I've got a 98 4Runner with the V6 and a TRD Supercharger, dealer installed when the vehicle was new. I have to replace a fuel injector which requires removing the supercharger. My question is, does the throttle body need to be removed from the supercharger, or can the supercharger and throttle...

Your info was great, my P0301 and intermittent miss did indeed turn out to be the #1 fuel injector. That is the only one I can actually get to the contacts on without removing anything and the resistance was around 1K. Another neat trick confirmed it, which I got out of Chilton's. They say...

Thanks for the writeup. Can you tell me if the misfire you experienced was intermittent? I've got an intermittent misfire and getting P0301 codes, and after replacing the plug and ruling out the coil as you did, the injector seems the next step. Sometimes I can get as much as 50 miles with no...