Recent content by Don Hoe

Did you try rolling it ahead so the gears have a chance to slide in?

I seen a short video of his, he says modern vehicles have computer controlled oil pumps. The oil flow is tuned to the oil the manufacture recommends for that vehicle. If you want to risk that putting a higher weight oil not having the correct oil flow is up to you.

The more mods I see, the more I appreciate the look of stock. Then again, I'm not young anymore and are guilty of doing the same when I was young?

Had the Roll-N-Lock M Series for 25 years on my Dodge Dakota, held up great so I bought it again for my 2025 Tacoma TRD Off Road. One thing I like is when it's open all the way it doesn't block rear window, especially when you have rear facing dash cam? Another thing I like is you can leave it...

The Car Care Nut on YouTube recommends the first coolant change to be 100,000 miles or 5 years, which ever comes first. After that every 50,000 miles or 5 years, which ever comes first. He used to work for Toyota as a Master Diagnosis Technician. How to maintain your Toyota Part 2 Engine...

I have a 25 TRD Off Road and noticed when in 4 wheel drive that the engine seems to be under a huge load, even while driving straight in the rain? It's almost like the gear ratio's between front and rear diff, transmission and transfer case are slightly off? My 1982 Toyota 4x4 was smooth as...

I read that someone had some stuttering and it turned out the charcoal canister was full of fuel after overfilling? It was sending raw fuel into the engine instead of just vapour. Apparently, it doesn't take much to overfill 4th gens?

Instead of wrecking a brand new truck, do what my nephew did, fix up an old beater and have fun with it? He trailers this truck.

I see a lot of comments saying use a full synthetic? ALL 0w20 oils are full synthetic. And according to "The Motor Oil Geek" (YouTube) the Toyota OEM 0w20 oil is made by Mobile but has a custom additive package made for Toyota that is supposed to be very good however in Canada the price is...

True enough.

I didn't pull the headliner down, just the plastic cover behind the rear view mirror. Did it myself to plug in my dash cam. Don't need any tools. Lots of youtube video's on how to install the Dongar dash cam adapter. The GPS is right there with a plug you can remove.

I've heard the first thing they do is unplug the GPS inside the housing behind the rearview mirror. It would take 2 seconds. Air Tags are a good backup? That's what I did.

They are aluminum. A magnet will fall off.