Recent content by yotatech

Can the noise also be reproduced by "power braking the engine in either drive or reverse? If so you may just have a motor mount or exhaust rubbing condition. I am a Toyota Master Diagnostic Technician, and I only say that to qualify this statement.... I always make sure I know where my noise is...

The best way to get all the air out of power steering system is to work the wheel backand forth with the engine off. This allows the air in sytem to get back to the resevoir without being cavitated into the fluid like a blender. To make this easier you may want to jack up the front end and take...

I would like to point a finger at the cold start injector switch or also know as the cold start injector timer. Better than fifty percent of the time these cold start drivability and hot soak problems are because the coolant temperature switch that controls the cold start injector is faulty. The...

Funny you should ask. My 87 SR5 has been parked for a season because of a rotten steel line. Of course it is 22 years old with 239k miles. You also want to check rear wheel cylinders (often overlooked). No other common brake hydraulic problems.

I have not noticed any information on what model/year we are looking at, but when i diagnose no heat concerns the first place I look is whether I have coolant flowing through the heater core. Carefully check the in and out hoses of the heater core..they should both be warm or hot to the touch if...

As a factory tech I am sorry to hear of this hack not standing behind his repair, ticks me off actually and i didnt pay for it. Anyway sounds like you have to start from scratch with a different shop. A headgasket job on the 3.0 payed just over 10 hours labor under warranty and took most of one...

As I see it there are only three possibilities. You have a ground problem, to test this run a jumper cable from the battery to the engine block somewhere on the cylinder head or maybe the lifting eye. If the truck starts your engine ground is faulty. If not, try substituting your positive cable...

working in toyota dealerships over the years I see the people who get their t/belts done every 60k even before and i also see the people who take the wait and see aproach. At 60k the belt still looks brand new. At 90k the belt looks used and at 120k the belt is just starting to show glazing on...

You have an axle seal leak. This is a tricky one to repair. The axle and backing plate assy have to be removed to replace the inner seal and the axle bearing has to be pressed off using a toyota special tool to replace the outer seal. New brake shoes will have to be installed and the drums...

you probably have the head off by now but here goes anyway. The rear head bolts are carboned up as is common on 22re with egr. The broken head bolt will come out once you do get the head off. WARM it up with propane torch to loosen carbon build up. The water tube to which you refer is actually...

I am curious, did the engine tick before you pulled your heads off? I have a couple ideas to suggest. One is simple valve clearance, the buckets that are under your cams are all different thickness to allow for valve clearance and if you take them out and reinstall in a different order your...

Your high idle condition is most likely a carboned up iac valve, causing it to stick sometimes or all the time. Toyota carburator cleaner is the best hting i have found to resolve this, but it is hard to find. Gum cutter or one of the still available choke cleaners will work. Take your air...

What was the original issue that got you poking around under the hood in the first place? If your intake boot has a crack in it or even a hole you have unmetered air going into the engine that your computer does not know about so it does not add any fuel. If the engine idles fine and stumbles...

This is a real simple operation and does not require alot of specialty items. You WILL need a torque wrench and normal assortment of tools. I wont list step by step for two reasons. First you already did the chain, so you are familiar with the engine. second not enough room. Couple of key...

forgot to mention, when pulling the head, go into right side kick panel and disconnect wire harness from ecm. Then pull harness through firewall and lay over intake manifold. this will avoid the need to disconnect every plug on engine. dont forget coolant bypass hose behind timing cover.