Looking at getting a 23 SR V6 4WD in the next few weeks.....

Anything I nned to be aware of with these 3.5L V6 engines??

I have 530K on my 2012 4.0L V6....are the 3.5's that reliable as well??

 

Pictures of 2012 with 530k miles?

 

Not that reliable but fairly reliable.

 

It's basically the same engine but a bit smaller with 2 sets of injectors and runs on an atkinson cycle sometimes. You may be disappointed with the torque curve/powerband coming from a 4.0L, but there's no reason reliability should be any different. I have a 4.0L in a 2003 4runner with over 250K miles....I bought it with a broken timing chain after a botched headgasket job at 180K miles, tore it down to clean all the shrapnel out of it and rebuilt it with new pistons, rings, and bearings....it's a great engine. If the rest of the truck is in decent shape, I'd keep doing what you're doing and run it to 1M miles. I have a 3rd gen Taco and while it's just as reliable as I'd expect a toyota to be, it annoys me.

They both leak oil at the timing covers eventually.

 

Not quite 530k....

It'll be there by the time get home from work tho.... 235 mile round trip daily commute.

 

Surprisingly clean for half a million miles.

 

Awesome. If you get half a million miles out of one, you got your moneys worth!

 

Nice.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking. I would drive it until it was undriveable.

 

The inside is pretty funky....

Here's my floor mat. I've worn a hole thru it with heel of my size 13 work boot. LOL it goes clean thru the mat into the carpet.

I need to clean it up

 

It certainly amazes folks when they see how many miles it has.

I put them tires on last month and the guys at the tire place were tripping out that it had over half a million. Eventually there was 6 guys checking out the odo because they didn't believe it at first. The manager asked me if that was actual miles.

One young guy that has a 3rd gen talked to me a while after they were done. He was thinking of selling his rig and getting a Ford or Chevy - can't quite remember.


By the way.... I get an oil change every 5 weeks & put new tires on it every 15 or so months.

 

The 3.5 can be good, but there are a couple that blew up around 150k.

seems a little common.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2018-tacoma-60k-miles-blown-cylinder-and-cracked-head.773619/

I’m not hating on them, just posting what I seen. I wish I got the mpg that 3rd gen’s are getting.

I have the 2015 Tacoma, and I feel like they are tuned different than other 2nd gens.
I had a 2006 4Runner with the same engine and it felt a lot more responsive

 

Alright ya monkeyheads…..

I went and put down a deposit on a new black SR 4x4 with the V6. $500 to hold it for 90 days - non refundable.

I reckon now I’ll look for some side steps so it’s easier for my mom to get in it, she’s 79 this year. Any suggestions are welcome.

Also plan on getting some Cooper AT3 LT’s put on it. I’m undecided about new wheels as of yet.

 

Dang, and I thought my 100 mile round trip from work was bad

no one cares about the 2023. Let’s talk more about the half million mile one!!!

 

i have a 2012 AC with 123k miles. WHAT ARE YOUR SECRETS!!!

 

5w-30 used in that there road warrior ?

 

Valvoline MaxLife 5W-30.... just changed the oil yesterday.

It's pretty much 90% highway miles.... 2 hrs each way 5 days a week. I was out of factory warranty within 6 months after buying that truck.

I need to do some major maintenance on it pretty soon, plugs, coolant & hoses, clean the throttle body.

I'm on my 2nd fuel pump, 4th alternator, new upper & lower ball joints & at 440 had some emissions BS valve valved replaced under recall. Service manager was amazed a 9 year old truck only had 44K on the clock..... I told him to look again, he missed a digit. He almost shit himself. They took care of the issue under recall - no charge for $1500 repair.

Funny thing is I go thru headlights like crazy..... Changing one side or the other seems like every 6-9 months.

 

Are you changing 1 headlight at a time or both ? I've always changed both at the same time and a small dab of dielectric grease in the socket.

 

Clean ya damn gauge cluster

 

I need to turn it inside out and hose it off…..it’s pretty dirty inside