Today I summoned up courage and take out my Intake manifold on 2000 year model as I have been having same issues with the OP and there are leaks all around the upper manifold and lower manifold gasket. I remove them apart and behold both gaskets are bad which I need to replace them.
My major...
I changed the whole brake assy as advice by my mechanic. When I checked the faulty one, I discovered it was the motor that was faulty which I also repaired and keep as spare. It was only the brush inside the motor that was changed.
The motor can be manually checked by applying 12vdc to...
Thanks. Regards the fuel pump and Injectors are done by the dealership here, I call them my mechanic.
They are just asking I throw in a lot of parts into it, os sensors, MAF, fule pressure regulator all at once.
Initially they told me it's the ECM that is faulty and needed to be replaced, I...
Thanks for the reply. For the fuel pressure I don't have the pressure meter to do the reading. My mechanic recently changed the fuel pump as its slow to pick up when you step on the throttle.
The MAF reading is 5.46gm/s
Update on things done so far
Engine still dies when I unplug the MAF Connector.
When I raised the engine RPM 2300 the Longft1 and longft2 goes low to 1.6 and 0.8 with both shortft1 & 2 fluctuating between 0.8 and 0.
TPS % is 16.1 (before raising RPM tps% is 12.9) and when engine is off tps% is...
Hello everyone in the house, I need help solving my high fuel consumption issue on my LC 2000 year v8 4.7l 2uzfe with 177,000 plus.
Scan the car with gs500 scan tool with no check engine light and no codes.go through the live date with following : SHRTFT1-3.7, LONGFT1-19.0, SHRTFT2-4.7...
I also have this same problem right now. All stop working at once. No lights showing on the ac and air recircle buttons and inop.
I checked all fuses both in engine room and left panel driver side and the were all good. No broken fuses.
@Bc582000, did you solve the issue let me know as I am...
I have gone to three different mechanics and they all said I should just go buy another used center diff and the price is way too high for me so I took the risk of doing it myself since it baad already.
Why doubting me. I tried posting pictures of when I dismantle the parts. Only I didn't do video as I was the only one working on it.
Pictures I took was to make sure, they were reinstalled they way it was dismantled and also did measurements.
I used koyo bearings to replaced the 4 sets, one...
Hello all, kindly help me engine is fluctuating when the throttle is not pushed. It goes up and down and it does not happen always.
The 8 coils and plugs are new and are original. The coils are not functioning properly some with cracks while some plugs changed by mechanic are not the specified...
I don't know the type of fluid that can with it since purchase 2007.
There was a leak on the seal so I asked the mechanic to replace it so he replaced with the wrong size and I don't know what he did that also made the gasket to start leaking too.
The oil type refilled was EP 140 API GL-4 gear oil by Sea horse. This is the most common type I can get here in Nigeria.
See the attached picture of the gallon.
Hello all,
My 2000 LC Rear diff is humming when on movement of say from 20km/hr. It started after the rear diff oil got leaked away when I was traveling. I refill the oil at a lube station and most leaked away due to faulty gasket so I managed it back home.
My mechanic dropped the rear diff...
I got this same issue when the cats are glowing red and nearly got the truck burnt as those mats underneath near the cats cut fire and I was very lucky to have detected the fire on time and saved the truch from burning.
The cats are clogged and no air passage so I have to cut remove them from...