Recent content by red90

Its doing whats its supposed to do. It has to reach thermostat opening temp before overdrive will engage. If a new thermostat doesn't fix the time problem then it has a bad splice in the main wiring harness located behind the power steering pump. Toyota had a recall out concerning high...

I feel your pain. If mine will hold up till the first of the year,I'm selling this weak gas guzzing POS.

I opened up the exhaust today with a 2.5 inch system and it seems a little better. I've just come to the conclusion that at the original 126,000 miles the engine is worn out. I didn't put the miles on it so I dont know how it was treated. I know it needs mains so the rest is prolly worn out too...

Is it me or all 3.0s extra weak? I have a 90 auto with the dreaded 3.slow. this thing is the biggset pos I have ever owned. It gets 9.3mpg in town and won't get out of its own way. I have double checked the cam timing, tuned it up and installed manual locking hubs up front all to no avail. It...

My underpowered gas guzzling POS 3.slow wont hold 70 on the highway without unlocking the torque converter and revving to the moon.

Not new to toyotas just new to this site. Even before my registration was complete the info on this site helped my fix an overdrive problem on my 90 V-6. I have only had my 4 runner for three weeks. I am an experience mechanic so working on her is no problem. I must say I'm not real impressed...