Anyone in the socal area (ventura county) familiar with valve cover gasket job? I have all parts I just don't have the time to knock it out! V6 let me know if anyone wants to knock it out for a little money.
valve cover gaskets
spark plug tube seals
intake plenum gasket
washer seals
camshaft...
Noticed this ticking noise when the car is warm at idle. Seems like it is coming from here. Anyone know the issue? Here is a video of it too
https://youtu.be/sLk9Ia6Vg_w
Picked this rig up as a daily driver/beater for $3900 in socal. Car is in fantastic shape inside/out for a 2001 and drives good. Seller stated car had 112K miles. Ran carfax and maintenance records after and it really had 245K+ miles.
Contacted seller who didn't know this since he was gifted...
found out that the engine has a serial number but not a VIN.
But I know you guys are right. it's a good rig interior, exterior, drives great. Just feel I got cheated out of what was clearly stated. My fault though I didn't do my due diligence.
i meant to say the previous owner said the engine AND odo came from the same car. So the engine should have the matching 112k miles. But no way to verify. It runs great at the moment.
Advice? Purchased 4Runner w/ swapped engine/odo
Last week I purchased a 4Runner SR5. Interior/exterior/mechanically in amazing shape. Purchased it for $3900.00 w/ "112k" miles.
I ran the service records and carfax and it showed that in 2015 it last reported 245k miles. So I contacted the...