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A trusted Toyota mechanic made the suggestion. He’s also the one that did the timing set on it, with OE parts, 10,000 miles prior. Granted it’s hard to trust any parts nowadays , very possible the tensioner just gave up at that moment.But yes, glad it’s back on the road.

Hi all We actually did just figure out the problem. Something I didn’t know about the 4.7 is that it gets very unhappy when you dry fire the motor, for example, no oil in the filter or if the oil change tech forgets to put oil in it, the belt tensioner, which is hydraulic loses pressure and...

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I also forgot to mention that I did a head gasket test and it came back as healthy

I did pull the plugs they were clean.

Howdy folks, I could use some help from the brain trust. I have a 98 100 series as well an '03 V8 4Runner, that immediately after an oil change, I got a 2,4,6,8 misfire code. With a better reader I'm also showing an O2 and catalyst code. I'm not one to believe in coincidence and I don't want to...

Howdy folks, I could use some help from the brain trust. I have an '03 V8 that immediately after an oil change, I got a 2,4,6,8 misfire code. With a better reader I'm also showing an O2 and catalyst code. I'm not one to believe in coincidence and I don't want to just throw parts at it. I...