Recent content by YodaOne

Not high at all but... I just hit 185k this past weekend! I sure do hope I get up to 300k! I'm trying to learn how to take care of her to make her last that long!

It sounds like mine when we had a bad fuel filter! This really helped me when I was trying to change mine.

Awesome! Glad you got it working again! Also, yes to seafoam. That stuff is awesome, and while I just do the lame dump-in-gas-tank-no-crazy-smoke way, I've noticed its helped in several vehicles I personally and my boyfriend have used it in.

I replaced the wires and the distributor cap on my 96, hoping to fix an intermittent starting problem. Since there seemed to be a little condensation on the cap when I popped the old one off, I'm thinking I found the problem! Yay for youtube and this forum! Cuz this girl has no clue how to do...

Yeah, pay day is Wednesday so were gonna go ahead and replace the distributor cap and check a few other things. I thought the distributor was new but on closer inspection I don't think so. Regardless, I know there are things that need to be done to her to make sure she's good, just adding to my...

Well guys, we didn't figure it out, but she cranked today after we had the hood up and made sure everything was nice and dry after all our rain. We turned her and gave her a little gas and she cranked up no problems. So....still not sure what exactly it was causing my problems but I will be...

The cap looked good, no moisture in it at all. My boyfriend has been looking over the wires and whatnot while I was working and said they're all looking good. Side note, apparently other vehicles in the same parking lot as my vehicle are having the issues. We got a lot of rain mind you, but...

Yes, mine does have a distributor. I forgot to mention that was one of the things that are new, the previous owner had it replaced! It's OEM and the spark plugs are too! I've seen a lot of posts about not using OEM to insist on it no matter how much my boyfriend protests. :D

I'm sorry, I'm not mechanically minded at all. When you say test for spark, besides the spark plugs where should I be looking? The spark plugs that were in there didn't meet gap requirements so we replaced them.

Well, we checked out the spark plugs and replaced those, and it still won't turn. We can smell fuel when we try to crank it and my boyfriend is thinking it is probably an injector because we can hear the pump working. Now we get to do the fun job of taking everything off to get to the injectors...

When the key is turned it cranks, but doesn't actually start. The lights and everything turn on and everything works as its supposed to. No clicking, it sounds like a normal start up it just doesn't actually start. It's an automatic, so no clutch. All the terminals and connections look good.

Hey guys, I bought a 96 4 cylinder from a friend who said it had had intermittent problems with starting especially after raining. Shortly after getting it I experienced this issue. The previous owner said they had the starter replaced so I ruled that out. Battery good, alternator good...

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You are amazing!

I have a 2wd, and can honestly say love it. I don't have a use for 4wd living where we don't really get a lot of snow or anything and I don't go off road. I too, did not like the look of the Highlanders. My boyfriend has made fun of me because until recently I drove little cars. But having...

I'm thinking unpainted...but only because you have a lighter colored vehicle :) I'm honestly asking myself the same question. I have a black '96 and don't know if I want to paint mine black or if that would just be too much black (is there such a thing?).