What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Sure will!

 

Triggered so I'm going to have to rib ya

Those are ok if you're looking to pull post menopausal moms out of Kohls, but the off road wheel is where it's at.

 

Awesome bro! That's the ticket! I have 1 light in the middle I need to change out. I have extras luckily. @Wju

 

I'm over the all black machined face wheel look, reminds me of a Subaru from five years ago



Those SR5 wheels he has are simple and timeless.

 

Not to mention I got em for $70 a wheel. From Toyota...
And I refuse to conform to the black wheel cult

 

I was driving home from Costco in PV the other night. Something started smelling horrible and I noticed the engine temp skyrocketed. Pulled over with steam coming out from under the hood and found this nightmarish scene. I thought I had blown a gasket because it looked and smelled so much like oil. Ended up checking the radiator and saw it was the same gnarly substance. Filled the radiator with water and tried to drive home, but a few miles down the road the temp started to spike and steam was coming out again. This time we found where the steam was coming out. Glued some plastic over it and amazingly it held until I could drive to a friends house in north Phoenix where I could work on it the next morning.


The next morning I woke up early, pulled out the old radiator, measured it, and bought a new one from autozone ($180ish), along with a new thermometer and hoses. I also ended up tossing the original hose clamps because those things are such a pain to work with. We used a hose to blast out the garbage that was still in the engine block that must have built up in the cooling system over the years.

Needless to say I'll be paying more attention to my radiator moving forward.

Edit: My temps also improved (shocking, I know)! Typically the engine would hold steady at 220* with the needle just above the halfway point. Now it tops out at 190*

 

Jesus Christ... that can't be coolant. That looks like straight up motor oil. You sure you don't have a head gasket leak?

 

Installed new cv’s and did a tundra brake swap.

 

Reminds me of Dexcool

 

Dexcool gets that dark? Wow.

 

Let it mix with air and you get a chocolate pudding like substance. Killed a lot of GM cars

 

I'm used to seeing oil mixed with coolant and it ends up looking like that. Didn't know air did that.

 

When I got my truck, it came with LT KO2s, stock size. How much do you think this is effecting MPG/ride? I've only had it for two months, so it hasn't been a long time to test out the MPG, but everything is stock. And it seems to have a lot of vibration when driving, I've been assuming this is because of the tires. The shifter will vibrate a lot as will the passenger seat if it's empty.

 

Maybe I'm paranoid, but I'd flush that shit again in a few weeks

 

Air and dexcool dont mix well. Its the only type of coolant that does that. GM's finest engineering.

 

A number of Dexcool issues were owner generated. GM owners are not a bright bunch

 

I changed out the glove box & ashtray to LED's too.

 

That sucks about the dome light. I changed the dome & map lights too.

 

That looks good man!

 

Mine looked like that when my truck had a cracked head, that shit is not good. That truck needs service.