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239k, never had a tune-up or changed plugs. Is this unusual?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by amocat2, Nov 2, 2018.

  1. Nov 2, 2018 at 8:55 PM
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    amocat2

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    I have 239000 + miles and have never changed plugs or had a tune-up! Is this unusual?
     
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  2. Nov 2, 2018 at 9:00 PM
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    BudMan

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    If you follow scheduled maintenance, you are only 1000 miles from the 8th time they should be changed. So, yes...
     
  3. Nov 2, 2018 at 9:24 PM
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    Yep.
     
  4. Nov 2, 2018 at 9:55 PM
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    michael roberts

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    What are we suppose to find unusual? Your lack of maintenance?
     
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    Have you ever changed the oil or just add a little with every gas fill up?
     
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    Troll bait
     
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    Not at all for someone living in their Mom's basement.
     
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    at this point they may not come out lol
     
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    ARB1977

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    I think you better change the plugs............I would like to see the old plugs out of curiosity post a photo. All kidding aside you really need to do some maintenance.
     
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    MadRiverTaco

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    Guys this is the biggest troll job I've seen on here. That engine would've died long ago if he didn't perform an oil change for 239K miles. You can get away with not doing a lot of routine maintenance on a Toyota or a Honda for a while, but an oil change is certainly not one of them.
     
  13. Nov 3, 2018 at 1:29 PM
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    With the amount of miles, you may want to have a shop do the spark plug change in case one, two or all are seized in there. After that, if you follow scheduled maintenance you can do it yourself, its an easy job.
     
  14. Nov 4, 2018 at 2:01 PM
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    I changed them today with autolite copper. Here's a pic of what they look like....

    IMG_4189.jpg
     
  15. Nov 4, 2018 at 2:05 PM
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    I change my oil between 5000-8000 miles.
     
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    I apologize.... thought it was a troll
     
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  17. Nov 4, 2018 at 4:13 PM
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    If they truly have 239000 miles on them they look amazingly good.
    Now I am regretting changing my original plugs at 36,000 miles
     
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  18. Nov 5, 2018 at 12:06 AM
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    Jimmyh

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    That is some huge gap on those plugs. Waaaay over due for a change.
     
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  19. Nov 5, 2018 at 5:27 AM
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    TheDevilYouLove

    TheDevilYouLove You can’t polish a turd, but you can polish a TRD

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    Can you measure the gap for us? Looks like 90 thousandths, lol
     
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  20. Nov 5, 2018 at 6:25 AM
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    Not at all. I have 201k and running on original factory plugs and still get 420 miles per tank.
     
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