toyota

TL;DR: o-ring on dipstick left the chat at some point. Cut open filter to find it was doing its job. Found yummy stuff. New dipstick installed. Going to do a couple short OCIs and not a used oil analysis. And probably some rambling in between that info. I've had my parents' 04 V6 4runner on a...

I had previously posted in the mechanical/maintenance forum regarding a head gasket problem on my friends 2012 Toyota Prius. Ultimately He ordered a reman engine from Hybridpit located in California. The engine arrived on Monday this past week and we finished installing it today. We got...

I have a 2024 ES350, I did an oil change with Mobil 1 ESP 5w30 at 1,500 miles. I babied that car up to the oil change. After the oil change i started doing some full throttle runs. Shortly after at 2,500 miles the car has developed a piston slap sound (not to be confused with the injector...