Recent content by columbu45

There's a better picture of the plug its self.

Yeah Im confident that's what it is...

This was kinda what I was thinking, I may be needing a new head anyway sooner rather than later

Not really, one of the things I discovered when baselining the truck last year was an insert or a collar around the plug for the number 6 cylinder. When I changed them then, I had to find the same design of collar to go around the new plug. The original wasn't corroded at all. But the plug I...

I have the opportunity to buy a 2UZFE non VVT from a local person for 250 bucks. There’s a loss of compression on two of the cylinders, 1 and 8. I don’t need a motor, but my LX has over 200k miles. I haven’t rebuilt a motor before, I have factory service manuals, tools, plenty of time, and...

So I cleared the codes, drove the truck around again, and duplicated it. I ended up with just one code of a misfire on Cylinder 6. I replaced the destroyed plug and coil and haven’t had issues since.

I’m in a 1999 LX470, I had an issue a couple weeks ago that pulled as a P0308, I replaced my spark plugs all around and put a new Denso coil in. It fixed the issue until this morning when driving through La Veta Pass in Southern Colorado on the way to an elk hunt. Flashing CEL, loss of power...

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Conventional 5w30 Considering a switch to high mileage but reading on here makes the decison more conflicted. Some act like its the problem, others act like it might be the solution. And Will do regarding the wipe down and monitor.

Opened the access panel. Stuck fingers in there and found some oil. not a lot, but some. I wiped up what i could and im trying to decide if the juice is worth the squeeze on this one. I couldnt find AT 205, So, I used Blue Devil a couple of weeks ago but it doesnt seem to have slowed the drip...

I will again today. Basically there should be Zero oil there at all correct?

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Yeah, Im in the same boat, but my wife doesnt like the spots in the drive way.

So, I took my truck to have the timing belt and water pump changed, I will do it myself next time due to the time and jackassery I dealt with in regards to the shop I took my truck. I had an oil leak that was dripping a little bit every day from the typical spot at the bottom of the bell...