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Originally posted by mburnickas:
My Lexus was the same way. Got some pix on this forum (about 6 months ago). WAS using Amsoil for over 10K drains..
I still do not get the sludge issue? It is so small unless people go 4 years on dino.
Some tips, clean the EGR, IVAC and TB. The TB WILL be caked with junk.
Also be sure to changed the PVC about every 15K miles. The EGR sys is WAY overactive on this car. It plugs up the EGR and TB etc becuase of this.
Oh, the valve cover seals on this engine model suck. They all leak in due time; these engines sooner then others.
I already spent a little time spraying the TB with carb cleaner and wiping it down, but there's a buncha crud in there. I should really get a PCV catch can. It'll probably take pulling the intake manifold off to get everything, but I don't really wanna go to all that trouble! Wah!
I'll order a couple new PCV valves, a fuel filter and a few misc. gaskets from Toyota soon.
What's the best way to clean the EGR valve? Spray it down with carb cleaner, maybe?
Also, what is "IVAC?" Does it have something to do with the vacuum pancake valve at the end of the plenum opposite the air filter side?
I already cleaned the MAF with electronics cleaner and I changed the spark plugs to NGK Iridiums.
Another note, the engine really doesn't look to me like one that's been run for 185,000 miles, especially because of the richly colored dino varnish on it. It looks more like an engine that's been run 30,000 miles! For reference, here's a view of my '86.5 Supra's head. This is an engine that had about 60,000 miles on it at the time the photo was taken, and had 5,000 miles on a fill of GC:
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Originally posted by toocrazy2yoo:
Nice!
Does this beast REALLY need to use the auto RX?
All right. Well, looks like I'll only be needing one Auto-RX treatment, and that's just for peace of mind and to pretty much get the engine sparkling, or at least to "unstick" the ring packs. The varnish will probably go away if I run a nicely detergent synthetic oil, but since I do a lot of short distance driving, my gut tells me that Havoline synblend 5w30 or TropArtic synblend changed every 3,000 on the dot is better than pushing Mobil 1 for 7,500 miles. What oil do you guys think is best to run on this car?
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Originally posted by 427Z06:
Thermactor, looks like you got a great deal. Are you going to check with a dealer and see if you can find out any info on this car? I imagine it's in the Toyota Service Database if the engine was replaced.
I'll get around to that sometime. I avoid the local dealers like the plague and try to order stuff from Champion Toyota online (25% discount on parts).