well, good news, it took me a while to figure out, but i found out that the oil gauge is whats bad on the runner, and the knocking noise im hearing is the timing belt bearing, and another thing on the left side of the motor that looks like it connects to some vaccum hoses. I have no idea what it is, but whenever I accelerate, it makes a grinding noise, but when I stop, it goes away. anyway, my 3.0 is still goin strong, i just need an oil gauge for a 95 4runner. list some prices or pm me

 

well the gauge is in the cluster.. do you want a whole new, used, cluster.. or a new oil psi sender?

 

I bought one from Autozone for 14 bucks, put it on the dash for now and I am going to get a pod for it. Works great!

 

I forgot to ad that if you don;t already, you might want to switch to toyota oil filters, I noticed a gain in oil psi of atleast 5psi. Not much I know but sure made me feel alot more comfortable.

 

yea, i already replaced the sender, all i need now is the oil gauge on the dash, if it comes seperate, great, i'll take that new or used. i dont really want to replace the whole dash, but if i have to then i gues i have too. pm me if you have something.