Recent content by fluegeller

Find a good exhaust shop to cut off old muffler and weld new muffler and tail pipe on.

To clarify, About a 1 mpg gain everyday and 4mpg while towing R-Pod trailer and supplies. have also been asked if repeatable and I will know after my Labor Day week trip to the Oregon coast. Cheers :)

Nice find! :clap:

I am out of my depth on these issues but I am sure some of our more hardcore brethren ( and "Sisteren" ) will be able to offer some worthy input. You might look at the Toyota truck sights as this engine was used in 3rd gen 4 runners as well as earlier tundras. Best of luck!

It is a Magnaflo I will have to find the invoice at home for exact part number I also installed copper plugs when I first got my GX back in May. Copper delivers more spark energy all other things equal. I know they only last about 30% as long as iridium but they are very low priced and I cant...

I just bought mine in May up here in Seattle area and have noticed Seattle/Portland prices are about 25% to 30% higher than the pricing in other parts of the country. I sucked it up and paid $11,000 for my 04 with 166,000 in nice condition in and out and great service records. Seems to be the...

While towing, yes, about 1 MPG gain every day those numbers were calculated and not from trip computer.

Changed out stock muffler with 18" Magnaflo. Still cruises quiet but has a very nice grunt when I stick my foot in it! My mileage towing our R-POD went from 10.5 to 14.5 and low-end grunt is way better. :steer:

$23 for BAFX OBD ll Bluetooth reader $5 for Torque pro.

Installed reese tow power modular brake controller and took our first real trip 360 miles each way from our home north of Seattle to Silverwood theme park in Idaho pulling our RPOD 179R. Our kids and all 5 grand kiddos joined us. WHAT A PERFECT WEEK! Also plugged in a Bafx blue tooth OBD scanner...

That is the seal I used three months ago and just like you I bought a spare at that price. I have not lost a single drop of fluid in those three months with about 2000 miles driven. Good luck on yours

I like to clean the throttle body and mass air flow sensor at sparky bolt changes in addition to everything else listed. I also opted for copper plugs as they are inexpensive and deliver more spark energy all other things being equal. Yes I know they are only good for 25000 to 30000 miles but I...

So, after a weeks time time including a 350 mile trip ,total of about 600 miles all is still right with my world. No more leak, all functions and lights are working as they should. Thank you all once again!!!

Many many thanks and +much gratitude to all who contributed to this thread. Just performed the $6 version of the $3 fix, I did the seal as well since my o4 GX470 has 166000 miles on it and it wasn't torn but could tell it was worn compared to the new one. Three days later no leaks and...

Thanks