Recent content by STL_G8GT

Hey good evening all the parts came in. I swapped out the condenser and added the specified 1.4 oz of pag 46 to it. I unboxed my new Denso compressor and was able to drain about ~3.6 Oz out of it. I cannot find anywhere where Denso says exactly how much oil is in a new compressor. The OEM...

I appreciate all this. I got a bottle of PAG 46 from napa. I don't think that there is dye in it... I'll check!

So I vaguely remember the last time that I was in it that the power steering belt is adjusted by creating tension with the power steering pulley itself and there is a locking bolt. There's something similar with the alternator. But when I search on RockAuto there sure is a pulley tensioner...

Hey shorty, thank you - I relied on a shop to do the evacuation and recharge. I don't believe that they pulled any oil out, and I believe that if they did they would have refilled what they pulled. The condenser as it is is pretty beat up, if you look at the RX330 design the lower half of the...

I'll check the tensioner / pulley when I pull the belt for the compressor swap. Ty. Crazy thing is as I search, I don't see the tensioner pulley listed on its own, only the whole tensioner assembly @ 300. That's a real pain.

Yes, aside from the first start thunk screech if we don't let it idle down, system is great :-)

Evening! hoping to get some insight here. Trying to make sure our daughters 2004 RX330 is ready for a new life in Florida. Originally we had a failing AC expansion valve that was making noise. As the summer got hotter the system failed to hold necessary pressures and the system would...

I think brand loyalists drive a ton of the perception. As Toyota has slipped, a segment of brand loyalists have become brand apologists.

Set cruise control at 70mph on a very slight grade and sit back as it constantly downshifts and upshifts to maintain a constant speed. It's hilariously annoying.

My 21 Tacoma has been reliable - that's the best thing I can say about it. The driving experience is painful. Gutless engine, indecisive transmission.

So I went to check the gap and hit a snag. It doesn't have an edge that is accessible to check the gap - that is, the magnetic clutch is inset to the edge of the pulley. I can see if there's a way to measure the inward physical movement/travel of the clutch on a scan tool commanded lockup, but...

Not sure I understand the difficulty in finding the right spec fluid, unless it goes hand in hand with limiting customer access in repairing their own vehicles...?

I wasn't aware that Alma was a retired school teacher. But I remember the gates family. I remember I bought a used kicker component set from a local guy that competed for them that was down on his luck, and I was just trying to help him out by buying the set. Turns out the tweeters were blown. I...

Compressor is silent while running. Ran the cold start test today, but gave her time to idle down to 600 before I turned on ac. First start of the day. No bang. Ill check clutch shim spec next week when I'm home.

I was half frustrated after I cleared out all my local autozones for the Valvoline hybrid 0w20 @ $15 each. It was a good not great deal on a good oil. Now I'm happy I did. I can weather the storm and use up all this cheap oil, even if I'd rather be putting 0w30 or 5w30 in my Tacoma.