Recent content by Pauleyman

Bringing this back from the dead. I have a 99 5vzfe and it has been burning coolant for more than a year but it is only evident at dead cold startup. Misfires and coughs for about 30 sec and then it's fine. I haven't conducted any tests yet but I will. I see several people posting about intake...

For every thing good with this 4 runner I have something bad. Can't decide if I should drive it til it dies or keep it and start fixing some of the stuff wrong. My biggest issue is the car is consuming coolant but the only symptom is a misfire at cold startup for about 15 sec. I highly suspect a...

I really didn't want to take this job on (more lazy than anything) but I did. I suspected you were right and I can confirm. Car drives well with no sway off and on the accelerator. Highway driving is now stable again. I still want to see what the alignment shop says and I want to give them a...

Bringing this up again. I have the same problem. Car was aligned 15k ago and it drove beautifully. I rebuild the front end before this alignment. Car is/was tight. The rear seems to step out when letting off accelerator at highway speeds. It will wobble on its own also but not constantly. I am...

Up from the dead. I've got 298k on my rig and I've got a bad misfire. I bought the truck from a co worker and I had helped him work on it the last 10 years. It now has a bad cyl 3 misfire. That plug is very stuck. I removed it once but the threads still aren't right. I suspect a cracked head as...

I just finished this job. I concur you do not have to remove the brake lines nor the J bracket but I did remove the J bracket top bolt for reinstall just to get a little more room. Only thing I didn't do is set the free play. I don't really want to take it all back out and I don't have the...

Looks like I'm having the same problems. I have narrowed it down the booster itself. I've tested the valve as I own a mityvac pump. Sometimes the booster will hold vacuum and sometimes it won't. The system is closed since I'm pulling with the tool and not the engine. No other place for vaccuum...

I read a ton of threads before I started and I have some comments. First post from new owner. I don't think I have OEM lower control arms/bushings because the inner sleeves won't fit the energy suspension bushinigs. Looks like somebody else noticed also. Given the ES bushings are such a pain I...