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

Yeah, mine's leaked since I bought the truck as well, but it seems like it's slowly getting worse. Wiped the cap off yesterday, and went to check it again today and it's very wet again.

It's probably not a big deal and I'm sure it's not leaking enough to even see on the stick, but it does bother my OCD a bit haha.

 

Last rack spam i swear

All done for today

 

Bought some stainless brake lines for $26!!

 

That looks like a great price

 

I think mine does this due to heat. Why I want to add a inline passive cooler. Notice it's very wet on hot days and wheeling.

 

Yeah, normally they're around $80!

I got the rear one several months ago for $14. That one's normally around $50. Been watching ever since then to see if the front ones show up for a crazy low price and it finally did!

 

Just helps the seals and fluid last longer.

 

To any of you guys running an afe filter ...does your filter look like shit? Mine looks tore up. Thinking of switching back to oem.

Reusable my ass

 

I ran one for about a year, threw it away because it let too much fine dirt/dust through. Could run my finger behind it and get a layer of dirt on it. Went back to OEM paper filters and don't experience that anymore.

I don't remember it looking torn up though

 

I wash mine after wheeling trips. I cant see it being good for my engine

 

I used to wash mine by letting it soak in a mild Simple Green solution then dry it out overnight before putting back in. Didn't see the fabric ever tear though.

Paper ones are cheap enough and usually last more than one trip unless it's a really dusty one.

 

Washing an air filter? Seems like a lot of work, when paper ones can be had for $10-15 bucks.

 

I never did mine after every trip, maybe just once every 4-6 weeks depending on how bad it got. But yeah it just isn't worth the trouble but once I saw the dirt in the intake tube behind the filter, I threw it away.

 

I think I need to change the OEM paper air filter every 30K regardless that no off road trips ... correct ?

 

Honesty I don't know, mine gets changed about every ~5k or less from getting too dirty lol. I thought the regular interval was 15k or maybe it's 30k.

 

What are they currently at?

 

Change it when it gets mucky.

 

FYI - I have a 5 lug

fronts: $79 for the Centric (

Centric 950.44022 Hydraulic Brake Line

here)
rear line: $48 for the StopTech (

StopTech (950.44517) Brake Line Kit, Stainless Steel

here)

 

Cheap enough... every oil change

 

I have the aFe dry filter. I take it out each oil change, bang it on end against the pavement then I take the vacuum cleaner with the corner attachment to it. Done this for a couple years. Looks basically new, no problems.

I’m guessing with the dry/dessert conditions you guys out west encounter that maybe the aftermarket “performance” filters aren’t good in that environment.