92yotarunner

Well, this week I bought new rims, and tires... bought new brakes, took it into Carson City Toyota for the steering rod recall... and they gave me my invoice, and has a list of things they found wrong...

R. Upper control arm bushing is bad
Left Axle seal is torn
Oil leak at the oil cooler (Can anybody point out where this is located? 3.slow)
Idler arm has excess play
Belt cracking
Oil leak at steering box
and an Oil leak at the power steering pump

Oh yay.. More money!!
But it's worth it. I love my yota.

85excab

dam, they saw u coming from a mile away, most of this stuff can be fixed for very cheap if u are mechanically inclined.

92yotarunner

Brother's a mechanic

At least it's not the rear main seal, as Jiffy Lube told me it was...

DupermanDave

Did they refuse to fix the relay rod because those items were found to be bad?

92yotarunner

Nope, They replaced it, and aligned it but warned me it'd need to be re-aligned after the idler arm is replaced.

and they gave me 15% off on any work listed above, If I take it to them

85excab

ive had 3 90 4runners with the 3.choke and none of them had an oil cooler, mabey they put one in with all the changes in 1992.5 or mabey toyota is trying to bend u over without lube?

the_ocho

I dont think my 92 has a oil cooler.

92yotarunner

Researching... So far I've come up with nothing...

I would like to think my TOYOTA dealer knows what they're talking about, when it comes to my TOYOTA, but then again...

the_ocho

you have to remember they are still a "DEALER" Toyota or not.

Jay351

Yes, most 3.0s have oil coolers... I cant remember for the life of me where they are though... sorry

Just an FYI, you can rebuild your idler arm for under $10, the dealer never tells you that! Just order idler arm bushings and check out the tech section for a write up.

Belts are easy to change

The upper control arm bushing is gonna suck, a press is real nice for the install. You will have to loosen the t-bar too. So make sure you note the height of the truck before and after.

Make sure you soak all the bolts you plan on removing at least twice (over a day or two at least).

Your power steering pump is probibly leaking from using power steering fluid, and not ATF like the FSM states (you dont wanna know how many have done this haha!!!) Buy a used pump, they are like $40... Its a tiiiight fit, but not that hard. Just be patient.
The steering box leak is gonna be fun, havnt had to do that yet.....

92yotarunner

Thanks!

Will be in the shop for that, soon.

Thanks for the info

nosfanatic2006

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How much did they quote you for all that? They quoted me $2300 to fix my steering, but I can get all the parts and do it myself for less than $500. Take that stealership!

JonnyBoy

The oil cooler is on the driver's side of the block, down by the motor mounts. Sorry, I don't have any pics of it right now, but here's a diagram of what you're looking for: http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_U_199...MGEA_1503.html

95RunnerSR5

x2 on the above. its on the drivers side to the rear of the oil filter. all that holds it in is a large bolt through the center of it. 19mm i think? and on the side that contacts the block is an o-ring that snaps into the cooler itself, removal of the old o-ring will require lifting metal tabs that secure it down.