Recent content by ARB1977

Don’t get me wrong I’ve had a Tacoma since 2002. Love it. At a comfort level the Honda wins. Who knows I may stick with Toyota, lol.

I hope so. It’s a great engine. Ive thought about getting a Ridgeline in the near future.

The sad part with it deactivated it lost 2 mpgs.

So far so good. I’ve done two drain and fills. The shifts are firm but not over powering. I’ve got the same fluid in my 15 Tacoma. Same result.

I wasn’t impressed with the DW1 in my wife’s 19 Pilot. At 15K the fluid was dark red. Come to find out the VCM creates havoc on the transmission causing slippage. Installed a factory cooler, used Amsoil SS blue cap atf and deactivated the VCM system. Hopefully that should take care of it.

Complain all we want. Still need to get from A to B.

No stash because I can’t make up my mind.

Did use Amsoil for a while. Switching back to off the shelf.

I work for Envoy Air...little brother to AA out of DFW airport.

I’m also in aircraft maintenance. 24 hour operation. No work canceled even in a rare snow storm.

I would look into ways on keeping the coolant temps down. Maybe that engine shines at higher temps.

It’s a bit overkill...oh wait did I just say that. Back when I had my 2002 Tacoma 3.4L I did run Amsoil HDD 5W30 for two oil changes.

Looks like I found my next oil.

**** man that sucks. Toyota has awesome reliability. You should of played the lottery. I’ve had awesome luck, knock on wood with Toyota’s. I miss my old 3.4L but the 4.0L is just as good.

How did that happen?