Recent content by SoCalKolohe

looking for more horse power. the car still seems pretty slow. and i have a brand new tranny in my car and it still seems to shift funny and when im cruising at 75 or 80 im at 3000 rpms.

blown head gasket to engine swap so i have been having some problems with my car overheating lately. so i ended up taking my car to a toyota shop down here in SoCal and they told me that they think that the head is blown (even though they pressurized the system and there wasnt a very big leak...

i was wondering if any of the other southern california members had a recommendation of a trusted shop. i have been having a problem with overheating and cant find a solution. so i wanted to go somewhere other than the stealer to diagnose the problem. thanks.

the fuses are fine. i just started my car and turned the air on and drove around the block. what i noticed is that the fan actually works until it gets hot. when it gets hot then it turns off. (wtf. isnt the point of the fan to keep things cool) and then i also noticed that theres a leak from...

so heres the story. i have been having an overheating problems today. and i couldnt figure out what the problem is. so i popped the hood and noticed that the auxiliary fan doesnt turn on even when the car was super super hot. so my question is: a) how do i fix the fan? b) is the fan not...

if bigred doesnt end up buying them off of you please let me know how much u want for them.

SoCal im from los alamitos/cypress

thanks a lot for the info. i went and collected the parts that are needed. so hopefully all goes when when i start the work later this week.

i know this is a pretty dumb question but i was wondering if anyone could tell me how to remove the intake silencer. i couldnt find nething about it by googling it. thanks for any help.

Re: slow thanks you guys for all the advice i just ordered the exhaust from LC engineering so hopefully will be getting that and putting it on soon.

thanks for the advice. how much would a new exhaust system cost? and im always down in huntington, and i use to live down there.

im on the high school surf team and lacrosse team and thats all i do to keep in shape. 5 days a week (the days we meet at the beach at 530) - 1st we stretch - 2nd we run 1 mile in the deep sand - 3rd we paddle around the pier on a short board (surfers know my pain) - 4th we do some sprints and...

i just got my first 4runner a couple days ago... heres a little background. i got my license not too long ago my first car was a 2001 Nissan Xterra. i ended up totaling it. so my parents werent willing to buy me another new car, so my car of choice was an older 4runner, its stock except a 1...