Fixed! Any more guesses what was wrong?
Wife took it in on Monday. They removed some oil, gave it back. Wife asked if this might fix the vibration, they said no. Asked if there could be any damage from the high oil, they said no. Asked what they're going to do about the vibration, they told her that they'd told me they were done with it, I had to talk to the sales dept. They're not a happy bunch.
We took it to a high-school concert that evening, wow is this thing smooth! And fast! I had no idea, I just accepted that it was a little rough like my 80, plus the Blizzaks might be a little rough. What an amazing difference! It was too much frickin' oil! They've searched this truck three times looking for this problem, spent a lot of money, and never noticed the oil level??? Or the low coolant and low power-steering fluid and empty windshield washer bottle and who knows what else. I considered getting oil changes there so there'd be no question of maintenance for warranty purposes - no, I don't think so. Nor will I be buying my '05 4Runner there, I've got another dealer looking.
So, I have a new torque converter and trans fluid. They went all through the engine and drivetrain looking for anything that might be wrong, ran diagnostics and checked it out. I'm not sure how comfortable I am about all that. They screwed up a simple oil change, what else? I'm a little nervous about the valve cover gaskets leaking after they had them apart, and I wonder if the spark plugs are tight enough or stripped.
But hey, it's all covered under warranty if anything goes wrong.
