mechagouki
New member
I've had a hard time with my first 4Runner, I paid too much for it and the guy who sold it to me turned out to be a lying SOS, I've had to have suspension work done, replace the tailgate, the battery and the horn. i had to change my insurance company because my old insurer won't touch vehicles over 20 years of age and jump through all kinds of hoops just to get registered and plated.
Finally on Tuesday this week I get to drive it legally for the first time - I take it out of the city on a little 180km round trip to a job site, it's nosiy as all hell, vibrates like a bas**** and the Firestone 32s don't work great in the snow, but at least it runs okay and the heat works! I do the same trip the next day after fitting some smaller winter tires and it's a little quieter (and faster), use my iPod to block out the exhaust noise (K7N filter/straight pipe) and actually start to enjoy driving it, there's a funny vibration from under the left side of the hood just in front of the windshield over 40kph, but I just crank the Metallica and ignore it.
Today I drove it across downtown Toronto and back, no problems, other drivers are a little scared, but the usual Toronto maniacs don't seem to **** with me as badly as usual so that's all good.
Tonight my wife asks me to take her to work, truck starts fine but then the battery and brake lights stay on - I know the battery is fine, it's less than a week old. After 10 minutes the engine starts to surge between it's normal idle 800 and about 1200, after a couple of minutes I notice it's only doing this when I have my foot on the brake?!? When I take my foot off the brake it surges up to around 1800 all by itself and stays there. I limp home and when I turn off the engine I can hear a gurging noise from under the hood - I open it up and nothings leaking (that I can see), but I can't locate the exact source of the noise either.
I really need the truck for work, it's already into me for over $2500 and I can't afford to spend another dime, can anyone please, please give me an idea what might be going on?
Finally on Tuesday this week I get to drive it legally for the first time - I take it out of the city on a little 180km round trip to a job site, it's nosiy as all hell, vibrates like a bas**** and the Firestone 32s don't work great in the snow, but at least it runs okay and the heat works! I do the same trip the next day after fitting some smaller winter tires and it's a little quieter (and faster), use my iPod to block out the exhaust noise (K7N filter/straight pipe) and actually start to enjoy driving it, there's a funny vibration from under the left side of the hood just in front of the windshield over 40kph, but I just crank the Metallica and ignore it.
Today I drove it across downtown Toronto and back, no problems, other drivers are a little scared, but the usual Toronto maniacs don't seem to **** with me as badly as usual so that's all good.
Tonight my wife asks me to take her to work, truck starts fine but then the battery and brake lights stay on - I know the battery is fine, it's less than a week old. After 10 minutes the engine starts to surge between it's normal idle 800 and about 1200, after a couple of minutes I notice it's only doing this when I have my foot on the brake?!? When I take my foot off the brake it surges up to around 1800 all by itself and stays there. I limp home and when I turn off the engine I can hear a gurging noise from under the hood - I open it up and nothings leaking (that I can see), but I can't locate the exact source of the noise either.
I really need the truck for work, it's already into me for over $2500 and I can't afford to spend another dime, can anyone please, please give me an idea what might be going on?
