Recent content by ROLAND1955

Update: So I took my 4 Runner back to discount tire yesterday.. Guy at the counter acknowledged that he realized this was my 3rd trip back for this issue and tells me he's putting his most "experienced " tech on it. I ask him if they use road force balancing and he tells me that's all they...

Would like to hear some comments from you about the following. I have a 2010 4 Runner, SR5. Until about a week or so ago I had been running Yokohama HT Geolanders. No issues, Tires had just under 60K miles on them and the tread was still good but they were now 7 years old so I decided to put...

Hello Folks, hope one of you can shed a little light on a question I have. I currently have a 5th gen. SR5 ( 2010 ). Just hit 96K miles and haven't had a bit of trouble out of it. But the other day I was driving home and noticed the DTE display said I had about 150 miles of fuel left. My...

Hey guys, thought I'd just throw this in.. I reached out to a friend of mine who is a master tech at a Lexus dealership. He told me that his dealership has now stopped doing the tranny flush or complete fluid exchange because of some of the issues they've seen from doing it... He gave me a...

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. My 2010 4 Runner is just under 87K miles, still looks and runs great, but she is about to get new brakes on the front...especially since I'm still on the original brakes... at this point, not interested in selling it..

Patrick, thanks for the reply.... as I stated originally, one local dealership said they don't do it because Toyota doesn't recommend it. Can you tell me where in the manual it says do it? I've been looking and haven't found it. Also, I think some people confuse what I"m calling a...

Hello all, I'm here hoping to get some sense of whether or not I want to get a transmission flush and fill on my 4 Runner. It's a 2010 SR5 with the 4.0 engine and has approx. 87K miles on it. I know in the past there have been two very different schools of thought on transmission flush & Fill...

KP Texan... I never really considered an AGM.. to me ( personal opinion ) paying an addition 125.00 or more for an agm just doesnt make sense.. 1- most of the agm's that fit my vehicles have less Cranking power than the Interstate wet cell batteries I have now. Also, for the cost of one AGM, I...

KP... I bought my car new in Jan. of 2014... but the car was manufactured in June of 2013. it came with the panasonic battery.. I searched and searched for another panasonic.. damn near impossible to get one. so when the panasonic was 4 1/2 years old I had it tested.. car was still cranking...

That is very kind of you but not necessary... Thank you for the offer but I had a new interstate mtp 24f installed just this afternoon.. but again, thanks for the offer.. I appreciate it. Roland

My update on the battery issue... I had decided that I wanted to try the DEKA 724 fmf... only because I know it's an East Penn Battery... so earlier today I called the only shop in town that I know sells Deka's and asked the guy if they had it in stock.. they did not, so I said can you order...

That is probably what I'm going to do.. I was kind of torn between the interstate and the deka.. Deka batteries are american made, and supposed to be top of the line.. however I bought a marine battery from them two years ago and the damn thing wouldn't crank after one season, and this even...

That is more than likely what I'm going to do.. like i said earlier, if it aint broke, don't fix it. Yes, 5 years old and still cranking like she was brand new, which is pretty good down here in this louisiana heat.

Hello everyone, wanted to pick your brain about something. It is about time for me to replace the battery in my 2010 4 runner. It currently has an Interstate MTP-24f. Battery is now 5 years old.. Of course I'll test it before replacing it but I wanted to get your opinions just in case I do...

When I left the tire shop I knew they had " lost " some oil I went in there with 2 five quart jugs of mobil 1 ep oil.. One of the jugs was brand new and full, the other was partially full. When I got in the truck to drive home I looked at the left over jug. I knew how many quarts it would...