Now Im nervous!

[Tooltime19]

So, back in May this year I purchased an 08 SR-5 with 20k miles sight unseen, however though thru an auction dealer friend of a friend. Upon arrival, I noticed the truck looked awesome until I crawled under and found huge amounts of mud caked under every crevace, I mean alot of mud. That was my first sign. My second sign was when the weather here became a bit humid, the truck smelled a bit musty to say the least. Now, my third sign is;today I was perfroming its first 30k service. I changed all fluids, and the diffs looked ok, but,,,my sales guy upon purchase, had the truck fullly serviced including the diffs, so I have no idea how they really were. But, as I was changing the plugs,I found one side had Denso's, and the other had NGK's...Now Im worried!!! :wow2:
Any thoughts???

 

[wombie]

Spark plugs sound a bit odd.

Did you get a Carfax report? They have a variety of guarantees though I am not well versed in how they work.

A musty cabin can just be the result of a cabin air filter that needs replacing...they can get stinky pretty quickly depending on where you live. My 3rd Gen smelled terrible and it certainly had never been flooded.

If you are worried then get it inspected.

 

[CJ3Flyr]

Spark plugs are 100% normal. There are many V6 owners who have made the same discovery, self included. There must be some 'contract' issue with NGK and Denso that made Toyota use 3 of each.
:cheers:

 

[wombie]

Spark plugs are 100% normal. There are many V6 owners who have made the same discovery, self included. There must be some 'contract' issue with NGK and Denso that made Toyota use 3 of each.
:cheers:

In that case, I take back my 'odd' comment

(gonna go look at mine now, see if she is a halfer )

 

[jetboy1975]

Did it come from New Orleans by chance??:fishing:
Carfax may not show if it was a flood recovery.

 

[Tooltime19]

:shrug:The toyota plug sponsor thing doesnt surprise me...I dont like it, but oh well. The cabin filter gets replaced evry 10k anyhow, so thats not it. As far as I was told, the toy was a repo from New Mexico. I think this thing was stuck deep in the mud and probably sat in it for a couple of days. Like I mentioned earlier, upon initial inspection, I found the undercarriage fully packed with mud and lots of it.

 

[kdub627]

Did it come from New Orleans by chance??:fishing:
Carfax may not show if it was a flood recovery.

Well since Katrina was in 2005 I highly doubt a 2008 would have gotten flooded :thumb3:

most likely your cabin air filter

 

[the_josh]

Well since Katrina was in 2005 i highly doubt a 2008 would have gotten flooded :thumb3:

most likely your cabin air filter

hahhahahhahaahhahahaahahhahahah!!!

 

[jetboy1975]

Well since Katrina was in 2005 I highly doubt a 2008 would have gotten flooded

:wow: Good point. I missed that.

 

[simple]

I don't know if this affects the 2008s, but wasn't there a TSB about the condensor or something building up ice and mold creating a musty smell?

 

[wombie]

There are a number of postings on the forum from people who have used ozone products to de-funkify their truck. Might be worth a shot.

 

[alaskaman]

If you have not already done it. many car washes have a pressure undercarriage wash when you first enter> I have seen them in Colorado Nevada and her in Alaska,,,,,,,,,,,basically anywhere it snows. Could be helpful to spend some time on that cheap and dirty.

 

[Sporin]

Just 1 trip offroad can pack an undercarriage with mud, and if you don't work to get it all it can stay there a long, long time. It usually just dries, and though it can trap moisture and cause rust eventually, it would be rare for it to grow enough mold to smell up the truck IMO.

Almost every car I've owned developed a musty smell from the heater ducts-it's not at all unusual.

Find where the air comes in (usually near the wipers-ish) and open all the windows and crank the heat up, then spray Lysol into those vents so it gets sucked through the ducts and the car.

This has worked for me well in the past.