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First off, pardon me if I use the wrong, non-applicable expressions. I'm trying to explain it the best I can to get my point across. My 2002 Sienna has pretty much been an outside car and I really have not been keeping up on the waxing as I should, therefore the paint is starting to look...

Thanks everybody. Yeah, I did mix it and use it and it seemed to be okay, but then was kind of wondering if it still might be on its way out, but as I say it seemed to work. Also, as an afterthought, I sent a email to Mother's customer service to ask them but probably won't hear back from...

I just opened my little 5 oz container of Mother's mag polish that is about 60% full, and I see it sitting in this brownish oily liquid. Does that mean that it has gone bad or should I just mix it in and keep going? I've the jar for 6 months and as far as I know it was sealed tight and not in...

Problem solved. Actually resolved might be a better way to express it rather than solved. I noticed the day that the auto feature of my window switch was also not working. So I fooled around with the switch a bit, basically just kind of jiggling it and applying pressure in different directions...

I have a 2002 Sienna with 231k on it. Like many cars when you turn off the engine and take the key out of the ignition there is a delay shutting down some of the electrical system that will allow you to adjust any windows you forgot to before turning the car off. Well all of a sudden today that...

Thanks everybody for your thoughts. although at the first of the month I finally went with a with a reman Denso from RockAuto

Thanks for your suggestions everybody. The Denso reman was what I was considering, but I was just trying not to wait. Guess i'll have to since I just ordered it from Rock Auto. Thanks again

I guess I should have mentioned that I'm also retired and on a limited income and I really need my car not to be down for over a week (already 2 days) while something comes from an online order. I have a mechanic friend that will come to me for the installation, but hopefully I can find an...

I have a 2002 Toyota Sienna with 230,000 miles on it. Starter is giving up a ghost so I need a new one. Don't necessarily need a premium one since the car is older, but I would prefer not to invest in complete crap. With that in mind I was looking at the ValueCraft starter motor as sold through...

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I'm not sure I understand the question. My code reader is a cheapy one but my mechanic doesn't feel that he is more advanced one would show anything different. Are you saying that it might?

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I've been waiting a couple of days to let the thread populate before I jumped back on back on. I average ~800 miles a month of fairly mixed driving. As mentioned did find and use the official Toyota drive cycle patterns, strictly, several times over. Including...

2002 Toyota Sienna 229,500 miles, California Cat smog setup. Been trying for 6 months to get the catalytic monitor to set. OBD Codes = 0. Non-related to emissions or anything else. Went online and found the official Toyota drive cycle patterns. One that I'm pretty sure is for my car and the...

I'll look into that. Thank you very much

Well nothing unusual. When I can't find Castrol HM I use Valvoline MaxLife. Which is what happened last time. Although it could have started before that because every Thousand Miles I would check it and then bring it up to the full line ( which is how I know how much it was burning) but it was...

Thanks everybody for your thoughts. It probably is a bad cat or something along those lines. I am just going to try the oil thing (adding some Lucas) and check the PCV just to see before I have to spend the big bucks

Yep it neither sets under normal driving conditions nor does it set when I drive the Toyota recommended drive cycles. I have driven drive cycles number 3 AND 4 three times each and I've also driven some other general recommended drive cycles. All my other monitors set in jig time. Only the cat...

It's the same here in California. the EVAP monitor does not have to be set and my EVAP system has been bad for a while. I do not get that sucking woosh when I undo the gas cap. But it's been that way for the last two, heck maybe even three smog Cycles and I've had no problem with the cat setting...

Castrol high-mileage has been my go-to oil for the last 10 years. Last couple years had to use Valvoline maxlife a couple of times because of supply chain issues. But other than that I think they're both good oils and I have an average 5,000 OCI

No no. Currently 15-ish Oz every thousand miles. PVC should not be screwed up as I had a new one put in just two years ago but I'll double-check that. I have no idea about the valve cover baffles or hiw to check them. I'll look that up now