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

i got maf cleaner at auto zone.. worked great but i didn't have a code i just did it as part of regular maintenance when i set up my cold air intake.. i probably still have some you can have if you wanna drive to sandy haha

 

MAF cleaner isn't expensive and once you see the fine wires I wouldn't touch them with a qtip because them things are pricey if yu did happen to mess it up.

 

If you are gonna sea foam it do it before you get a new cat haha
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Thanks for the advice on the gears. I was leaning towards that, but was concerned that my mileage would but significant on the highway runs.

an A/F sensor in a nutshell is an O2 sensor that is VERY sensitive to minute changes. Picture an A/F sensor is like a 1080p High def TV, where the O2 sensor is still 720p.

 

I'm currently running 4.56 nitro gears and I love them with 33s. I was using a 305 toyo mt tires. Heavy tire and the gears worked great.. even with campershell rtt and all my gear. I have since switched to a bed rack and have moved to 35s. The 4.56 are not bad with the bigger tires. Could it be better..Yes but for me it's not worth regearing again.

 

4.56 no question

 

i dont have anything else to do today. i might just do that. PM me your number and we shall talk more

 

yea i just read threw that thread to find the hose i need to find also thanks!

ahhh that makes sense... so then where is it located?

 

this weekend I replaced the knuckle and seat at the end of my shifter and replaced the o-rings behind the oil filter bracket

highly recommend the knuckle and seat from marlin, smooth shifting now

 

Painted my rims

 

there is the misconception that higher RPMs always means worse mpgs. It doesn't. Its about load on the motor. with the shorter gear ratio of 4.56 you decrease the overall load on the motor, thus less fuel gets used.

Granted, if you were to regear right this second before many major heavy armor mods and all, you might loose 1 mpg at first. But once the weight goes back on you'll see it won't change as much.

Mike did his 4.88s with 33s (he is an auto tranny though, which is recommended) and went from 14-15mpgs to 17-18mpgs again.

It'll totally be worth it.

 

Hope you did a lot of prep work. When I painted mine, they started flaking and have since been powdercoated.

 

Who is mike and V6 or 4 banger?

 

Oh trust me, I know it isn't about just the RPMs. It is about engine efficiency at said RPMs. I just was worried that I would be too high of an RPM on the highway and out of that efficiency powerband if I went with the 4.56 gear set. I think I am going to go ahead and go with them then. Sucks because the rear end I am swapping in already HAS the 4.10, so I would only have to buy ONE gear set. haha.

 

looks great man!

 

Digiratus

V6 auto.

 

Is it plausible to think the A/F sensor could go bad within 30K miles? I replaced both sensors (1 and 2) less than 30K ago.

Maybe I just need to clean the MAF?

I have 180K so if it is the cats….I guess thats a good run from the factory set.

 

The A/F sensor is located before the first cat. The O2 sensor after the cat.

Because the new style sensor is so sensitive, it is not unheard of for them to fail faster. Poor engine operation can cause a rapid decline in the A/F sensor.

 

ahhh so what ive been calling the "upstream" o2 sensor is actually an a/f sensor?

also i should note that the cat i have on my truck is already an aftermarket cat. which is why i think it failed so fast. previous owner bought the cheap shit. i think the whole exhaust is fairly new to the truck also (magnaflow exhaust) most of the pipes arent fully rusted and still show a good amount of silver from being fully replaced recently.

 

Local sheriff have me hell over this when I was walking out of napa, thought he was gonna cuff me for a moment

Also put quick disconnects on my led bar