KonCon
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Wet spots below the vehicle. Used to be only the power steering fluid. This stopped after I fixed it. Since the last oil change, I also get some drip spots from motor oil. It's just very minor and I only see it when the vehicle is standing for a longer time. Oil level is still good. I'm thinking this might stop when I make an oil change and put in some 10w40.
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Awesome. Thank you guys. Last question. My motor has never lost oil until my last oil change. They used synthetic 5W30EURO. I don't know anything about oil but a friend of mine who knows more said he thinks this has a way too low viscosity and he thinks this would fix itself by just using a motor oil with higher viscosity. What type of oil would you recommend. Need to do an oil change soon.
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OK cool. Everything is back and motor sounds good. The only weird sound is coming from the ac unit (my ac has been broken for a while). I confirmed it's the ac unit by running the motor when only the ac belt was disconnected and no weird sounds then. Should I just leave it and accept the weird sound or remove the ac belt completely? It would be great to get ac back and running but I don't know anything about it. I haven't done any service on it in the past 3 years. PXL_20231129_233425448.mp4
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Ended up getting it overpriced at the local Toyota dealer. That way I'll get it today and can install it before the rain sets in tmrw and I don't have to worry about anything not being the right fit. The two items 90201-10005, do they go in the alternator side of the bracket or the bolt/nut side? I suspect the alternator side....
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Ok guys I finally took a look and I have to say thank you for all your input. I think this is a really stupid one but thank god nothing happened: I followed your advice and removed all the belts, turned on the motor and no weird noise. Everything sounded ok. So I decided to first put back the alternator belt. While I was moving the alternator, I thought it was kind of weird that it was wiggling a little bit so I thought I'd check the lower bolt that holds the alternator in place. Well it turns out, that there is no bolt anymore. I guess that the alternator moving is causing the noise. Here's what I think happened: I recently had to replace my alternator. When putting the new one in, I suspect I had the lower bolt loose while tightening the belt via the alternator upper bolt. And I think I never tightened the lower bolt after I was done with the upper bolt. I think I remember during my drive home after my last trip, I heard a weird sound that sounded like something falling out on the bottom or something like that. I'm pretty sure it's this bolt that came loose and fell out. How can I identify the bolt that I need without having to remove the alternator. I would really like to avoid taking it out again as this was quite a pain. Thank you so much!!! Nico
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Hey all, I found that the engine in my 1987 Toyota is suddenly making a weird rattle sound. I think it is coming somewhere from the right side but not so clear. I hope you all can hear it in the video here. (first half or so). There is also a weird squeaking sound coming more from the left side. I think it could be the AC compressor. Any idea what I should do to identify what it is or get it fixed? I checked the oil level and that looked good. Thanks, Koncon
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Does anyone have any images on how I can find the alignment for the steering shaft and the pitman arm? I can't find any marks. For the shaft i think the screw will go where the flat part is but how do I make sure I get the thing in the right teeth? With the pitman arm I don't see any alignment at all. Pretty lost right now. Thanks PXL_20231006_162116850.mp4 PXL_20231006_162309735.mp4