Recent content by mykvr6

Dont think he was blaming the gun, just wondering why the grease is doing this. Id like to know as well, is the valvoline synth stuff that bad? I'm guessing so since Ive seen it happen myself still in the tubes and never used. Maybe if it stays warm and under load in a joint or bearing it...

I'm watching for reply on this as well. I bought two tubes a couple years ago and hadn't used them. I did a wheel bearing on my truck last weekend and I was going to use some of the grease and it had separated and kinda hardened up into a crumbly play doh like consistency. I tried mixing it up...

Kinda the plan right now. My brother got a new car and its not really worth putting much more money into it considering what it would be worth with no issues. Its' still an oil burner with 177k miles. We got plenty of use out of it.

I did do a reset with toyota techstream. Its gone into drive everytime since then. still acts a little funny from time to time but have been driving everyday since the 17th.

Update: on the 17th I drained a little coolant to add a bottle of red lubeguard and used my techstream to rest my transmission ecu memory. I've driven it every day since then and the car has gone into drive everytime. It still acts a little funny when it's dead cold but runs pretty good after...

Absolutely. I wanted one forever and bought this one like 3 years ago with about 159k on it. Fixed a few things and its been awesome since. Over 180k on it now and is a pleasure to drive and own. I havent been driving it a lot lately because I got a Tundra, so I've been thinking of selling it...

I've had plenty of experience with bulletproof toyotas, but this one aint it I guess lol. My wifes corolla had almost 200k on it when we sold it, and the new owner is still cruising all over town with it. This Scion though, I guess just didn't fair well. In talking to a couple transmission...

Yeah the SLT and SL1 solenoids seem very loose in the valve body, I'm not sure if thats normal or not. I've already changed the filter, it is an actual filter, not just a screen. The old one (original) was pretty dark and full of crud so I did replace it. I"m going to put some Lubegard in it...

welp...it wouldn't go in drive today. It did once cause I moved it, then it wouldn't go in drive when I tried to move it back. No check engine light...so am I right to assume that I could have an accumulator problem and not a solenoid problem? A faulty or stuck solenoid would throw a code right...

I was looking around at used transmissions, can get one with less miles pretty cheap, cheaper than a rebuilt valve body. This car also burns some oil so honestly I think I have to come to grips with the fact that this car could be a write off at some point. Good news is today it drove better...

Sonnax emailed me back about an inquiry into their zipp kits and stated there is a possibility the valve body is worn beyond a drop in solution. They recommended a remanufactured valve body.

Its in a scion XB 2008.

Hey guys, I've lurked around here for years researching oil and going on deep dives on the engine and oil side there. Now I'm doing some research on automatic transmissions and fluid because I have my old car back from my brother that is having a transmission issues and I want to get it going...

2008 Scion XB u241e 4 speed auto I've done two drain and refills with Valvoline Maxlife ATF chasing down a delayed/non engagement of drive. I bought this car new, went to my brother at around 70k or so, now it has 176k. It went to the dealer, they wanted to put in a new transmission. No codes...

I actually just topped it up with some 5w30 high mileage synthetic cause I had a 5qt jug of it for my car. Im not sure what my brother was putting in it. The last oil change we did with 5w20 high mileage synthetic. SuperTech stuff. I use to run semi-syth ford stuff 5w20 when it was new cause I...