Uh, melted intake box?

Maybe they had a warped one out of the shipment of intake boxes at the assembly plant, and the engine tech on the line figured no one would notice and figured don't throw it away cuz it's bad for the environment. So he put it on thinking no one will notice until the truck is sold and just his luck an infamous Tacoma World member stumbles across this, thus the mystery begins.................

Yes, i'm high............

BLT Melt......Bacon Lettuce Tacoma

 

Well said, sir.

 

Well as Ancient Astronaut Theorists suggest we were made by them therefore we made this vehicle which in turn made this heat. Therefore concluding that Aliens caused this Unidentified Heated Object.

 

The only thing I had installed previously was the lights themselves, no wires.

Working on pictures.

 

Its time to Drink the Cool-aid

 

What the Devil?

 

Just a few more pictures, sorry it's already dark here.

 

where exactly is that part of the box sitting over when installed?

 

Intresting how its only the lid to the box is melted, not the box itself..

 

i call shenanigans

 

Lol I was just in Naples and can confirm said darkness, as for the air box I'm gonna run with the alien theory

 

Sitting over? Over the fender, like any 2.7, I guess. There's nothing beneath it, if that's what you're asking.

 

Ah 2.7 that explains everything - well, not really. I was thinking 4.0 air box. Let us know when you are able to look inside the box to see if there's any other signs of melting or heat distortion.

 

I think he mentioned earlier that the airfilter was in perfect condition...

 

Ah, my bad - should've clarified. But I've already opened it up, everything looks fine.

 

Did you check your coolant? is it running hot? just throwing an idea out there.

 

Backfiring came to mind, but then your oil filter would probably be charred, or on fire.

Did you overheat at any time recently? Reason I ask is because sometimes my overflow tank spews hot coolant all over the front of my engine bay, and I can imagine it might be hot enough to warp that plastic?

 

Is that brown line a crack or a burn? Looks like it melted from the top down on the outside.