Recent content by cyfi66

+1, also looking to order sliders for my Frontier LWB. I'll wait and see if there is an upcoming sale for black Friday!

I don't recall if the power steering pump uses a vacuum idle up valve or not on those. It's not unheard of for them to leak and suck oil into the engine on startup. Monitor your power steering and see if the level is low as well. Are you sure its white smoke? White coolant smoke is very puffy...

I like the Asian Zerex red coolant and I will probably do a radiator drain and fill every 2 years just to be on the safe side. Its cheap insurance.

I thought seeing my 220,000 mile unknown history head gasket in good shape would reduce the worries. But I get it, I tore my heads off preventatively :rofl: Keep up on your coolant changes (double them if you want) and inspect the cooling system for leaks every oil change. If you're that worried...

Toyota OEM and Denso aftermarket are certainly not guaranteed to be the same part/same quality. This article talks about it a little bit. A lot of times the OEM will own the tooling and allow the supplier to use it to produce their parts. I am doubtful that an OEM would allow a supplier to use...

It's involved, the front timing cover and timing components have to be removed which is kind of a PITA because the AC compressor, oil cooler, alternator, power steering pump all have to be unbolted. Not to mention the valve covers have to come off along with a bunch of coolant hardlines. The...

It never rattled, but I only had the truck for about 2 months and never started it up in the cold of the morning. The tensioner was heavily varnished on the drivers side and I'm glad I replaced it. Based on what I saw it looks like the drivers side where the tensioner is located gets very little...

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I don't know if y'all are as neurotic as me, but as a fellow "while you're in there" type of home mechanic I pulled the heads on my 2011 Sequoia so you don't have to. This vehicle has 220,000 miles and i just picked it up about 2 months ago. Unknown history. This is a vehicle I bought for a...