2004 4Runner oil access panel
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2004 4Runner oil access panel
I took my 4runner in for an oil change, and found the access panel to be missing. They claimed "these fall off all the time."
Is that true?? Funny I know it went AT LEAST 2.5 years without it "falling off".
Is that true?? Funny I know it went AT LEAST 2.5 years without it "falling off".
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are u talking about a little oval piece of plastic that covers up the drain plug on the bottom of the oil pan. if it is, I'm sure they do fall off, my moms fj has one and its about to fall off, after you take them off a few times they get messed up and the plastic pieces break off that hold it in there, i wouldn't worry about it if i were you, it doesn't do much.
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those things indeed do fall off all of the time. if you've lost yours, don't worry about it as it's not that important. won't do much to protect you considering it's rubber/plastic and is very flimsy.
good luck
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I lost mine about a year ago, and I do all my own oil changes. As mentioned above, the little plastic tabs that are supposed to clip it onto the edges of the metal 'skid' plate aren't that good at holding it in place. I haven't worried about replacing mine, I'm sure it would probably fall off again.
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I lost mine about a year ago, and I do all my own oil changes. As mentioned above, the little plastic tabs that are supposed to clip it onto the edges of the metal 'skid' plate aren't that good at holding it in place. I haven't worried about replacing mine, I'm sure it would probably fall off again.
I am getting ready to change the oil on my 03 for the first time (for me to do it) I have 140,000 mi on it already.. I'm going w/ amsoil & flter and want to go to longer periods between oil changes..
Anyway, I'm looking for a "how to" on changing the oil on a 03 4runner w/ the 6 cyl.. Do you know where this info might be located?
Thanks,
Jeff
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I'm new to the forum..
I am getting ready to change the oil on my 03 for the first time (for me to do it) I have 140,000 mi on it already.. I'm going w/ amsoil & flter and want to go to longer periods between oil changes..
Anyway, I'm looking for a "how to" on changing the oil on a 03 4runner w/ the 6 cyl.. Do you know where this info might be located?
Thanks,
Jeff
I am getting ready to change the oil on my 03 for the first time (for me to do it) I have 140,000 mi on it already.. I'm going w/ amsoil & flter and want to go to longer periods between oil changes..
Anyway, I'm looking for a "how to" on changing the oil on a 03 4runner w/ the 6 cyl.. Do you know where this info might be located?
Thanks,
Jeff
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I thought, how tough can this be.
I went ahead and did the oil change, then cam in and read your reply..
The only mistake I made was not putting something under the cup the filter sits in.. Had a little mess to clean up, but I caught it pretty quickly.
I ended up adding another 1/2 qt after it warmed up..
By the way, the little plastic cover was already missing.
No leaks, thanks very much for getting back to me.
Any ideas on my engine light thread. Who do you think might know another solution for me?
Thanks again
I went ahead and did the oil change, then cam in and read your reply..
The only mistake I made was not putting something under the cup the filter sits in.. Had a little mess to clean up, but I caught it pretty quickly.
I ended up adding another 1/2 qt after it warmed up..
By the way, the little plastic cover was already missing.
No leaks, thanks very much for getting back to me.
Any ideas on my engine light thread. Who do you think might know another solution for me?
Thanks again
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2004 4Runner - oil filter access?????????
Hey,
I would appreciate any advice.
I read the above posts.
I looked under my 04 v8, 4Runner, 2WD/Auto and the oil filter looks very hard to access with or without ramps.....
1) can you crawl under and take off the filter? If so, how????
2) any way to do it without ramps????
3) Can you crawl under and access pan oil removal plug? If so, how?
I would appreciate any advice.
I read the above posts.
I looked under my 04 v8, 4Runner, 2WD/Auto and the oil filter looks very hard to access with or without ramps.....
1) can you crawl under and take off the filter? If so, how????
2) any way to do it without ramps????
3) Can you crawl under and access pan oil removal plug? If so, how?
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I lost mine about a year ago, and I do all my own oil changes. As mentioned above, the little plastic tabs that are supposed to clip it onto the edges of the metal 'skid' plate aren't that good at holding it in place. I haven't worried about replacing mine, I'm sure it would probably fall off again.
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