Any high mileage 4 cylinders?

Check and make sure the fins of your radiator ain't gummed up with oil and gunk and shit...

My damned truck is great, except it throws p0420 daily...anyone know where I can get a cheap cat?

 

Client of mine has one 1988-89 318,+ and still runs like a champ.

 

I needed one for mine a while back. went to a salvage yard and cut one off a newer import car with low miles took it to the muffler shop and welded it back and have lived happily ever after. I used to make converters at an exhaust manufacturing plant. we used to just weld the shell together and put that on but with newer trucks you have to have the guts intact or sensors won't act right.

 

My 01 Prerunner with the 3RZ 2.7 just rolled over all 2's yesterday. The only thing I've done to it are regular oil changes and fluid flushes. It has been throwing a P0420 now for about 3 or 4 years now but I've just been clearing the code then driving it for about 50 miles right before I get it inspected so as long as it keeps passing I guess I'll keep putting off getting a new cat.

 

That kills the fuel mileage though right?

 

Also mine rattles when I put it in drive...pisses me off

 

My fuel mileage hasnt changed i still get about 20mpg on average and 22mpg on trips which is normal for an automatic. A friend of mine who runs a service shop checked it out and said that the cat was just old and unless I noticed the engine running oddly just to let it ride until it fails inspection

 

290k?! Stock motor and trams with no rebuild?

 

598,389 1996 Tacoma xcab 2.4 auto. Original motor and trans. 2 alternators and one starter change. I drive 62 miles one way to work every third day.

 

^ gotta love that

 

598K is over twice my 277K 96 xcab 2.4 auto, which is also orig! I'm getting 23-24 mpg using 100% real 87 octane and use no oil between changes. Maybe there's something special about the 96 2.4.

 

Looked at my cat tonight and someone (shitilly may I add) welded in a cheap ass cat...also, there's another cat behind that...is there supposed to be two? And either way, the first one definitely rattles

 

Not to insult you but are you sure they're both cats? I have a cat and resonator close together and have had people ask why I have two cats.



For sake of the thread, I'm just over 91,000 on my 1993

 

Shit man may well be, but it's shaped like a cat...prolly is a resonator...anyway I guess I'll start saving the 300 bucks to get the magnaflow bolt in cat for it...may as well fix it good this time

 

If it's shaped just like your cat then it probably is one ha I was just checking because I get that question once in a while.

 

Wow. Welcome to the board Mr. 600k miles.

I love this thread. It makes me feel as though I've made a good automotive decision.

 

Incredible ! U must be from the south. Your frame would have rusted out long ago if U were from NJ or any where around here. Congratulations.

 

145.500! Tacoma power! lol

 

you probably do have 2 cats. Look closely at your exhaust header and see if there are two outlets into the exhaust pipe. If so, you have somethin called egr.

 

Yes from North Carolina