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The air injection manifold is bolted directly to the exhaust ports. 700°F exhaust is exiting those ports. I’ve never measured my air injection manifold, but I can assure you — you never need to.

I think the confusion arose as to “what the LC250 is” because people didn’t understand the design criteria for this new vehicle. Here’s a blurb from Toyota’s website. ( hint: they themselves call the 250 the light duty Landcruiser) https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/toyota/39526684.html

Why would anyone want it?

Sounds normal. 2F engine doesn’t purr. They’re clanky. I kept my idle above the 650 rpm spec. Engine is happier.

New rubber grommet will be fine. Yes the PCV valve will have a little wobble when installed.

As I mentioned previously- I don’t think the engine itself is overheating. My guess is it’s a gauge/temperature sender issue related to the change in coolant flow at the rear of the cylinder head when the water valve is opened.

I’d make a very close comparison between the 4-Runner’s A-pillar angle and sight obstruction vs the LC250. They might be very similar- or maybe not. I know for me personally, the standard Tacoma A-pillar is very annoying for me. I’d never buy that particular vehicle because of it.

Here’s another one

https://www.austincc.edu/wkibbe/plugchart.pdf

I replaced my FJ60 seats in 1988! The best upgrade ever. Even when they were only 2 years old, they were horrible seats. They were horrible from the factory. (My upgrade were HJ61 suspension seats. Probably the best thing anyone can do to their 60 is get rid of those gawdawful original seats

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Trapped bubbles in the cooling system will always eventually clear on their own after a coolant change after about 2 weeks of daily driving- with no user intervention or fancy burping techniques required. Burping procedures only speed up the process.

When the slider in the dash is moved towards the red zone, the cable you’re pushing/pulling is opening up the water valve in the engine bay. When that valve opens or opens just a little, the hot coolant from the rear of the cylinder head can then flow through the inside heater core and return...

They’re not junk. They just don’t last quite as long as the original because the chrome plating is very thin. But they are relatively inexpensive. So so what. I’d rather have a new aftermarket grill that looks fantastic than a painted grill which invariably looks like hell

When the engine (any engine) is shut down, the hot metal continues to heat up the coolant but the coolant isn’t circulating through the radiator anymore. It’s affectionately referred to as Heat Soak. So after shut down is the most heat stressful time for the cooling system. The hotter the...