While I was underneath it I noticed this...

That's cute.


Lol OP keep us posted please.

 

Was there trouble there? ...... or just a photo opportunity?

 

Awesome Photos!!! First time I have seen a dirty 3rd Gen! Its about freakin time!!!! All everyone one does is pose up 10' from the pavement.

 

Yep it's a leak, now the waiting game to figure out where it came from.

 

Some boys in Florida don't know the difference between a boat and a truck.

 

best of luck to you OP, hope it is a simple fix.

So they weren't able to see any oil right away looking around your engine bay in normal light?

Or did they just go the UV sensitive route to keep time worked on it short?

 

Nope, they cleaned it all off than ran it for an hour or so and they didn't see anything.

 

I've driven through a few Rivers/creeks on some hunting trips here. Had water up to the bottom of doors. We don't get much swamp mud in the desert.

 

looks like a recovery hitch was going on in that pic to me. . nice to see others have been in same spot as me

 

Yeah I decided to go through that ditch and it was way deeper than I thought lol. Had to hitch it up to a winch and drag the bitch out.

 

No mud flaps on that rig........

 

sorry to disappoint,

 

Correct. They don't come stock in the Southeast Toyota area. No idea why.

 

I just took them off my truck to make room for 33's

 

UPDATE: I took a look at it the other day after about 100 miles and noticed the drips forming again. So I called the dealer and they told me to take bring it back in. To me it looks like it's leaking from the front cover right near the P/S pump (it's the highest point I can see a drip). I just got off the phone with them and they're opening a case with Toyota and he thinks it is leaking from the front cover. I took a couple pics the best I could, I'll post them up tomorrow.

 

Now you have me worried and I need to check it when I get home too.

 

Here's the few pics I took the other day



And here's what they gave me to drive


In their defense they offered me something bigger but I don't really care, at least it gets 55 mpg. However it is kind of embarrassing, oh well hopefully it's not too long.

 

Well here's the latest update; after having the truck 9 days they finally called to tell me it was complete. It was coming from the timing cover and they had to remove the valve covers, water pump, oil pan, the front diff and pretty much everything on the front of the motor to get to it. The other day I decided to take a look to see how everything went back together and I noticed that there are drips forming again from the same location. I also noticed quite a few other things as I looked around.

Here's when I first found it;



Here's after about 100 miles after they cleaned it all off;


And finally 5 days and less than 200 miles after they repaired it;


I also found they scratched up the fan pulley with channel locks while reinstalling the fan

They also didn't reconnect two harnesses back in the brackets

They also missed this;


Well I opened a case with Toyota last week while it was still in the shop due to the unusual situation it's in. I followed up with them yesterday after I found the truck was still leaking. Since the truck was in for the repair and it is still leaking my case has been moved up the priority list. Not sure what the end result is going to be but they're contacting the dealership first and are going to get the truck straightened out first then they're going to see what they can do to make things right with me. I'm trying to keep a cool head about this but my patience is starting to wear thin.

 

Damn dude, that's pretty sad. Sorry to see this. I wouldn't blame you for wanting to blow a fuse on this dealership. Does anyone take pride in their work anymore? Unfortunately this is the status quo these days. Precisely why I'll never bring my truck in unless it's something very major. Good luck with it, try to stay positive and maybe find another dealer.

 

Well, guess I'll have to have a look underneath mine.