Recent content by progress4m

Totally understand. IMHO: I do not believe anything bad will happen if you ignore it, dirty (covered in oil film) engine compartment is the worst of it- obviously this is not great, but it is not catastrophic situation. Best of luck to you!!! Keep us posted if you can, as it will help others.

That is very sad… I am sorry man… If leak is relatively small (seep) I would try to seal it outside – just like it is described in the post above.

100% agree! Between 4Runner and other Toyota vehicles my family has with the same cartridge type oil filter, I would say I have changed oil about 45 + times... lol, all vehicles have original plastic oil cap - no issues at all. To OP: Just rotate the cap until it bottoms out and stop, nothing...

There is also a chance that what you are describing is normal behavior of automatic transmission. When you say that "..rpms jump to 3K when braking..", if you are braking going downhill then automatic transmissions will downshift (causing rpms to go up) to provide engine braking and that is...

I am glad I could help! Those original Trail 4Runners are great trucks! :-)

Personally I had no experience with OME MT64 kit nor Dobinsons coils, however, I have done some deep research before doing my lift, here is the link to it: https://www.toyota-4runner.org/2938235-post744.html Also, KDSS is no concern with lift up to 2.5 inches; stock UCAs may not be able to...

I am personally using Scan Gauge 2 to displays tire pressure. Fun fact: TPMS sensors can also provide tire\sensor temperature and Scan Gauge 2 displays that as well.

I believe that in addition to 4.0 having a long oil neck is the the reason you see the yellow milkyness there.

IMHO, they are very good to excellent, quiet, soft and great traction on dry pavement. They were great on wet roads when new, but not anymore, however, my tires are over 5 years old so that would be expected. Also, again IMHO, they are not the best for snow. At the same time those Terra...

Got it, thank you for reply and info!

Same here, so I 100% agree. To OP: some AT in SL configuration can be as good (or almost as good- brand \tire dependent) as HT tires on a pavement. Just as a data point: I have Nitto Terra Grappler G2 AT, I have approximately 60K on them - no issues and looks like they can go another 20K...

To OP, awesome to see over 400K on your 4Runner!! What weight oil are using? (sorry of if already answered before).

Totally agree! in addition, I remember many people were saying similar things in 2003 when 3rd gen was replaced with 4th gen... lol.

It was a soft rubber, about ¼ thickness, anything similar will work as well. And since it has been couple of years ago: I have no issues with fuel pump and I do not hear any noise either, so I am pretty sure it was related to gas tank skid plate amplifying the normal operation of the fuel pump.

I have installed AKEBONO ACT976, zero noise, zero dust, very smooth (without changing rotors -still OEM), and 100% improvement on the initial bite and overall braking vs. OEM brake pads I had (granted ordinals had over 115K on them, but they still were at 5-6 mm thick). More Information for...