Did you check the Thermostat? Is the waterpump noisy?
Those engines are pretty indestructable so I am guessing it is something minor.
Those engines are pretty indestructable so I am guessing it is something minor.
Recommendations? Cooling problem on the 22RE in the '86 4Runner.
So its summer. The top is off the truck. It's HELLA fun. (Yea, I'm from Northern California)
Drives on the highway of 65+ or in overly hilly or mountainous terrain the temp slowly creeps up and worries me. Seems to come down in I slow down to 60-65 or crank the heater. Sometimes downshifting to fourth instead of fifth helps.
Once in a while, about one in twenty cold starts, it'll run up to hot, by the gauge, then go back to normal operating temperature.
I'm worried because its my only form of transportation right now.
It leaks a tiny bit of coolant, maybe a quart a month, through a small pinhole in the fill tube. Runs great, shifts fine, passed emissions with flying colors even though its got almost 400,000 miles on it.
Around town it is perfect, never seems to get hot at all.
Heater works, heater core doesn't leak or smell funny like I've heard is a problem on these right before the radiator craps out.
What d'ya'll think? Where should I look first? I have a lot of plans this summer that include the 'Yota and an hour or two hour or three hour drive through the mountains with a bike or a kayak in the back and I don't want to get stuck on the side of the road.
Drives on the highway of 65+ or in overly hilly or mountainous terrain the temp slowly creeps up and worries me. Seems to come down in I slow down to 60-65 or crank the heater. Sometimes downshifting to fourth instead of fifth helps.
Once in a while, about one in twenty cold starts, it'll run up to hot, by the gauge, then go back to normal operating temperature.
I'm worried because its my only form of transportation right now.
It leaks a tiny bit of coolant, maybe a quart a month, through a small pinhole in the fill tube. Runs great, shifts fine, passed emissions with flying colors even though its got almost 400,000 miles on it.
Around town it is perfect, never seems to get hot at all.
Heater works, heater core doesn't leak or smell funny like I've heard is a problem on these right before the radiator craps out.
What d'ya'll think? Where should I look first? I have a lot of plans this summer that include the 'Yota and an hour or two hour or three hour drive through the mountains with a bike or a kayak in the back and I don't want to get stuck on the side of the road.
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Hmmm...Nah. I'll pass.
I get twenty miles a gallon around town, the top comes off so its a convertible truck, I fit in it, both knees and head (chevies are tiny inside. I've had an 83, an 85, a 94, a 99 and a 2003. All were tiny with no leg room), it has four hundred thousand miles on it and this is the first problem it has ever had, it can outwheel any stock chevy truck I've ever seen, its narrower and shorter so I can fit it more places, its got a back seat, it cost me two grand to buy, it doesn't depreciate at all, it probably will even go UP in value if I don't wreck it, its cheaper to insure and its got a five speed. I think I'll stick with my li'l foreign car.
And if I WAS to go with a fullsize truck, it'd be a Power Wagon.
I get twenty miles a gallon around town, the top comes off so its a convertible truck, I fit in it, both knees and head (chevies are tiny inside. I've had an 83, an 85, a 94, a 99 and a 2003. All were tiny with no leg room), it has four hundred thousand miles on it and this is the first problem it has ever had, it can outwheel any stock chevy truck I've ever seen, its narrower and shorter so I can fit it more places, its got a back seat, it cost me two grand to buy, it doesn't depreciate at all, it probably will even go UP in value if I don't wreck it, its cheaper to insure and its got a five speed. I think I'll stick with my li'l foreign car.
And if I WAS to go with a fullsize truck, it'd be a Power Wagon.
Yeeup, pretty much is the same. It's a two door. Just like the Bronco, but smaller in all ways with better mileage. Awesome truck, really...GREAT fun and it comes with a factory rollbar!
Awesome truck, really...GREAT fun and it comes with a factory rollbar!
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