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07-12-2021, 01:52 PM #26
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07-12-2021, 01:56 PM #27
^^^same here
It's actually pain in the ass. The filter isn't a spin-on type, and you access it from underneath, so you have to drop the front skid plate. It's also too far from the drain plug, so you need a second container to catch the oil, or wait until it's fully drained. The cap is easy to get off, but you need a drain tube to not make a mess. Then the filter canister comes off with a 14 flute wrench, and it takes a bit of leverage to move it.
$30 is a bargain.
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07-12-2021, 02:01 PM #28
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07-12-2021, 02:08 PM #29
Cripes, $30 for anything on a new vehicle is a good deal, no? Couldn't fill the tank for that.
Well there ya go, even an easy job made challenging and messy, figures...
Even for wrenching types, there's a point like this where you recognize the value in that $30.
Guy at the shop hates these I bet, compared to other snoozers.
Losing it...
Funny how some of the jankiest work lasts forever and stares you in the face constantly.
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07-12-2021, 02:14 PM #30
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07-12-2021, 02:18 PM #31
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07-12-2021, 02:27 PM #32
He has a brand new truck, not a beat up farm truck with leaky injectors.
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07-12-2021, 03:39 PM #33
Am I gonna have to tell you to take a lap?
Point was to look @ severe duty conditions as he very well may be operating in those parameters.
Also, what do you think a pcv valve is for. It's nothing to do w/ farm truck injectors
Leaky injectors will not lead to 440 k on odometerLast edited by tuco; 07-12-2021 at 04:00 PM.
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07-12-2021, 03:41 PM #34
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07-12-2021, 03:50 PM #35
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07-12-2021, 04:07 PM #36Banned
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They did but they will only do the oil ever 10k. Its just under 5k do they charged me 33 dollars and 70 cents. Thats oil and filter but no labor according to my receipt.
The book says 10k except 5k when you drive in severe conditions which I often do so 33 dollars ain't so bad.
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07-12-2021, 04:20 PM #37yelgatgab
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Moving air or direct sunlight. The latter is obviously harder to come by. We take a fan when we camp to dry towels and clothes. They can hang on a shady line for days and only get more stinky. A little moving air and they’re dry in an hour. Looks weird having a fan blowing outside but it beats putting on wet clothes.
Remind me. We'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.
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07-12-2021, 04:22 PM #38
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07-12-2021, 04:28 PM #39Banned
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07-12-2021, 04:33 PM #40Registered User
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07-12-2021, 06:24 PM #41Registered User
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I pay $45 to have my oil changed up the block from work every 3500-4000 miles. 18 yr old 4runner. Biggest benefit in my mind is staying on top of all the wear part service intervals. I internet back checked EVERYTHING this mechanic did on the 4runner for the first 2 years thinking he would upcharge or unnecesarily do work... but the internet generally agreed with him everytime. Now i just trust him when he says its time to flush some fluid, replace some pads, etc. I'm sure stuff is being replaced just on service intervals instead of the actual needed wear intervals, but i would MUCH rather have something replaced too soon than too late.
I bought a 4runner for the set-it-and-forget-it peace of mind. I'm not gonna trip about paying an extra $100-$200/year for that peace of mind, while my buddy does all his own wrenching on his own time and has left us stranded 3 times in various levels of boonies because of his mechanical fuckups.
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07-12-2021, 06:29 PM #42
+1, all depends on where and how you drive, the road conditions, dust and what kind of a load. A Taco driven around town and occasionally to the trailhead is far different that one used for work.
I change the oil in my Frontier every 7500 and am using Costco Syn and good quality filters but not TOL. I drive up and down paved mountain roads every work day, 2-5K feet of up and down per day.
Do it. It costs $33 just to buy that much FullSyn and a filter at Costco.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
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07-12-2021, 07:24 PM #43
everyone always talks about oil but not filtration...
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07-12-2021, 08:14 PM #44
Bunion did. Post right above yours.
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07-12-2021, 08:19 PM #45
dude's on top of it!
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07-12-2021, 08:42 PM #46
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07-12-2021, 09:07 PM #47
Anyone got opinions on “lifetime” transmission fluid?
I still call it The Jake.
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07-12-2021, 09:32 PM #48
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07-12-2021, 09:38 PM #49
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07-12-2021, 09:53 PM #50
I posted this in another thread before, but Schneider was doing 75,000 mile intervals on their detroit diesels when I worked for them.
My tacoma gets a change in the spring and a change in the fall.
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