Hey all. We just moved to Medford. We have a 1999 100 series that has a few issues suddenly. I'm not sure if some or all of them are related or not. Hoping someone can help point me in the right direction or maybe to the right local mechanic.
We moved from northern nevada, altitude about 4500ft. Driving was almost 50/50 highway/city. Mileage was about 14 MPG average. Fuel was premium with 10% ethanol, as far as I know, primarily from Costco.
Here our driving is almost all city with a lot of idling. When I go to the store, for example, my wife wants to get out of the house, but not go in, due to covid-19, so she sits in the idling truck while I go shopping. Time-wise, my trips are about 50/50 city driving and idling. I know this is bad for it, so I'm trying to minimize this going forward. Gas is usually premium from Costco.
Recently I have done or had the following done (parts from Cruiser Outfitters unless noted):
-front wheel bearings, both sides
-upper and lower ball joints, both sides
-steering rack (reman from Roseville toyota)
-replaced cooling hose that goes to base of oil filter, like 4in long with a bend in the middle. Couldn't get the molded hose, was told to use bulk hose.
-drained and refilled all three diffs with Mobil 1 synthetic 75w-90
-alignment/balance/rotate
-oil change
-brake system flush and fill
-passenger front axle (not sure manufacturer, done by Dave's import)
-spark plugs
-2 of the coils
Now the problems:
-very low gas mileage, like 8-9 mpg
-ABS light on. Previous mechanic said it was driver front sensor, but this lit after he did the steering rack, wheel bearings and ball joints
-occasional clicking, I think from the drivers front, but not completely sure
- when it had been running for a while, probably 30+minutes, idles inconsistently. Based on the tach, normally idles like 700. When the issue occurs, idle will start to go down to about 500 over a second or two. Engine will almost die, then rev to about 1000 for a few seconds then back to normal. It will then idle normal, sometimes for 30 seconds, sometimes for a couple minutes, then it will drop and rise again. Sometimes it does die. It starts back up everytime.
-the clunk when shifting from park to drive, I need to lube the drive shafts, but don't really have everything I need to do it right now.
I'll have to add more later, my phone is dying. Thanks in advance for looking.
We moved from northern nevada, altitude about 4500ft. Driving was almost 50/50 highway/city. Mileage was about 14 MPG average. Fuel was premium with 10% ethanol, as far as I know, primarily from Costco.
Here our driving is almost all city with a lot of idling. When I go to the store, for example, my wife wants to get out of the house, but not go in, due to covid-19, so she sits in the idling truck while I go shopping. Time-wise, my trips are about 50/50 city driving and idling. I know this is bad for it, so I'm trying to minimize this going forward. Gas is usually premium from Costco.
Recently I have done or had the following done (parts from Cruiser Outfitters unless noted):
-front wheel bearings, both sides
-upper and lower ball joints, both sides
-steering rack (reman from Roseville toyota)
-replaced cooling hose that goes to base of oil filter, like 4in long with a bend in the middle. Couldn't get the molded hose, was told to use bulk hose.
-drained and refilled all three diffs with Mobil 1 synthetic 75w-90
-alignment/balance/rotate
-oil change
-brake system flush and fill
-passenger front axle (not sure manufacturer, done by Dave's import)
-spark plugs
-2 of the coils
Now the problems:
-very low gas mileage, like 8-9 mpg
-ABS light on. Previous mechanic said it was driver front sensor, but this lit after he did the steering rack, wheel bearings and ball joints
-occasional clicking, I think from the drivers front, but not completely sure
- when it had been running for a while, probably 30+minutes, idles inconsistently. Based on the tach, normally idles like 700. When the issue occurs, idle will start to go down to about 500 over a second or two. Engine will almost die, then rev to about 1000 for a few seconds then back to normal. It will then idle normal, sometimes for 30 seconds, sometimes for a couple minutes, then it will drop and rise again. Sometimes it does die. It starts back up everytime.
-the clunk when shifting from park to drive, I need to lube the drive shafts, but don't really have everything I need to do it right now.
I'll have to add more later, my phone is dying. Thanks in advance for looking.