2000 Toyota Tacoma 3.4L V6 4x4 Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I have been able to do most jobs on my Tacoma because of people like you. I first went to my Haynes book to see how hard this would be and the book was saying to do it from the top by taking off the head gasket. Don’t go that route. After seeing this video, I got under my truck to do this, but quickly found that it’s not accessible under the bottom with the transfer case in the way. It’s VERY easy to do this from the front driver’s tire well. Take the hoses off first with pliers. My mounting bolt was on extremely tight. Using a universal joint extension, three feet of extensions, a 1/2 inch breaker bar and a three foot pole to extend the lever, my Dad and I were able to creat enough leverage to break it free. (Weird because the Hayne’s book says only to install to 29 FP) You can get a good fit on the bolt if you insert the socket between the brake line and bottom rail.

@eljefeslash

3 жыл бұрын

This makes sense now - I kept trying to find a path to my oil cooler and couldn't b/c of that transfer case. Thanks for your follow-up comments on this. Between Blaine's great video and your comments, maybe I can tackle this.

@cafesami9356

Жыл бұрын

I, as well, have a 4x4, which makes it hard to access the oil cooler. A suggestion was to remove the alternator for easier access. Your thoughts, please.

Nice job on the video! I'm doing this job on my T100 right now so this is very helpful. Thanks for recording it!

Hello, I just wanted to share my experience with this. I found out on mine that the oil cooler was easily accessible through the driver side fender well. Take off the tire and one of the small covers in the wheel well and the cooler is easily accessed. There are a few wire harnesses that can be moved out of the way, but it beats working from your back (:

@blainenewby

5 жыл бұрын

You definitely can. I had a creepy crawler and I have long arms. Not a huge deal for me as I'd rather save my knees lol. Also, I don't like removing those dang fender wells. Glad to hear you had a successful replacement!

Finally, now I know what is wrong with my parked truck. It is leaking pretty bad. I am so glad it wasn't the head gasket.

Thanks for sharing. Going to attempt this later this week.

@blainenewby

8 жыл бұрын

Good luck. Hope this helps. Let me know how it goes.

Thanks for the help. I did mine last night without any frustration points. I did have trouble with removing both gaskets. I had to chip a little metal off. You also have to scrape the mating side. I bolted the cooler back on to connect the hoses and unbolted to pry the clamps. The inner gasket only fell once. Once you said that the gasket was hard to remove and reconnecting the hoses was easy, I took it off. There is a video of not taking it off but they didn't show that part. That's misleading. Your method is way better.

Thank You, Your a life saver

Thanks for this video. I just bought a 97 Limited that has rear axle seal/bearing leak, valve cover leaks and the oil cooler is leaking from the block as well as the front rotors and brakes being ready to go but I got it for 2k with 4x4 and Elocker diff. I plan to do the axle seals and bearings myself and do the Tundra brake swap since the stock rotors and pads are gone. I was worried about the leak from the block/oil cooler but now I'm not! Thank you.

@blainenewby

6 жыл бұрын

Film Shooter, my pleasure. The brakes are easy enough. Valve cover gaskets take time, but it isn't too bad. Never done a rear axle seal. Good luck!

@brianrae1624

6 жыл бұрын

the axle seals are a pretty common issue with 3rd gen 4runners. there is a guy called Timmy the tool man here on youtube that has done a how to on both ABS and no ABS axle seal and bearings... he said he bought one that had only the seals replaced at the dealer not that many miles from the time he bought it and it was already leaking because the previous owner cheap-ed out and didn't replace the bearings which apparently cause excess play and break the seals over time... then all the gear oil ends up in your brake drums and leaks out all over the inside tire walls. If you have ABS you can pull the ABS sensor and look in there and see if you see gear oil.

@blainenewby

6 жыл бұрын

Film Shooter Ha...yea, I know Timmy and have watched several of his how-to's.

@brianrae1624

6 жыл бұрын

oh yeah I forgot to mention I was able to escape buy that runner... the leaks didn't bother me but at the last minute I spotted the frame rail on the drivers side bellow the battery was totally rusted through to the point it was not safe, looks like the battery was leaking all over the frame for a long time and it ate it up. lucky for me the lady didn't have the pink on Sunday when I saw it so we agreed to meet yesterday morning at the DMV and when I gave it another going over I spotted that. too bad because it was definitely a diamond in the rough beside the rust which was definitely a no go. my quest continues. I still learned something from you for the future. cheers.

Good video, I found some oil residue in my coolant reservoir (not tranny fluid it doesn't looks like pink milkshake) I already flush radiator and engine block ,head gaskets are ok, do you think maybe this oil cooler will be the issue? thanks

I was able to get to the oil hose clamps easier after dropping the cooler itself.

excellent video did you have the parts numbers of the seals

Why drain the coolant? I just replaced my oil cooler gasket and all I had to do is drain the engine oil. Should I have drained the coolant? Lol

Was is tight to torque it up? Cheers

I have the same leak, thought it was the head cover gaskets, so I replaced them. I will be attempting this next. Did you have any other symptoms? Any issues with vibration?

@blainenewby

8 жыл бұрын

No issues with vibrations. No other issues.

Wait does the 5vz-fe come with an oil cooler as stock? From what I can tell when i change my oil, the oil filter goes straight to the block. Where is this part on the engine or is yours the 3.0L engine not the 3.4L?

@blainenewby

6 жыл бұрын

jrbbikerx jrbbikerx This is for 96-02 4runner with the 3.4 L. Yes, it comes with an oil cooler from stock. It’s on the lower driver side of the engine.....exactly where it’s shown in the video.

@billw5235

5 жыл бұрын

@@blainenewby It's exactly the same as the 2nd gen 4runners 89 to 95. I did this about a year ago on my second gen, which I am getting set to do a 3.4 swap on, it should be really easy with the 3,4 on an engine stand.

Hey thanks for recording this video. Really has helped me. Do you know the part numbers on the seals you replaced ?

@blainenewby

6 жыл бұрын

Ronchet Itch Glad that it helped you. I do not have the part numbers, but if you call any local Toyota dealership or go online to a Toyota parts website like Camelback Toyota, you should be able to easily find it in the schematics.

@zimarokas

5 жыл бұрын

just stop the video and you can see it part number 90210-22001 you can find it on ebay

Im having a hard time finding the seal and gasket parts...where did you purchase your replacements?

@blainenewby

6 жыл бұрын

I found the parts at my Toyota Dealership. Also, Camelbacktoyota.com is a great dealership to order online from.

@RickSanchezC-cy9vm

5 жыл бұрын

@@blainenewby how much did cost you? Mine is leaking pretty bad now. Camelbacktoyota.com only had hoses and the oil cooler itself. Can't believe it's like 700 bucks for a new oil cooler though...

@blainenewby

5 жыл бұрын

@@RickSanchezC-cy9vm Yikes! Yea, don't buy a new cooler. The seals I want to say were $10 total....maybe $15.

Thanks for this video! Just curious (and sorry if you mentioned it) - is your 4Runner 2WD, by chance. I can't seem to find any kind of sane path to my oil cooler with the transfer case in the way. Thanks

@blainenewby

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, I'm actually not sure. I had three 3rd gen 4Runners and I'm not sure which one this was. I THINK it was my 97 2wd. But I could be wrong.

@eljefeslash

3 жыл бұрын

@@blainenewby thx for the quick reply! I’m betting it’s 2WD. Still an awesome video, though. I just need to find a way around that transfer case and maybe attack it from the side. There aren’t a lot of videos out there for this, so thanks for the time on it and for explaining how you replaced the seal and cleaned everything out. Great work!!

@Sami-bc9iv

2 жыл бұрын

​@@eljefeslash Any instructions or videos on how to remove the oil cooler on a 4x4?

@eljefeslash

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sami-bc9iv still not sure. I think I may have run across one a while back, but the lighting was terrible and I couldn’t see what was going on, so I gave up on it.

@Sami-bc9iv

2 жыл бұрын

@@eljefeslash Thank you. I am still looking.

Good explanation... Thx

Is it necessary to drain the coolant,,,if so why,,,plz...gnna be doing this soon. Thank you!

@blainenewby

5 жыл бұрын

Not necessary to remove it all, but unless you want to spill coolant everywhere I'd say it is. The cooler is a heat exchanger between oil and the coolant....so naturally it has coolant lines running into it that you'll have to disconnect in order to swap out seals and oring.

@israelrodriguez6986

5 жыл бұрын

@@blainenewby alright, makes perfect sense. Hey, thank you so much for answering me so quickly, I really do appreciate it. Great video btw!!!

@RockOcean

Жыл бұрын

There is no need to drain the coolant unless you are going to dis connect the coolant hoses going to the cooler. Other videos show that the seals can be changed without removing the coolant hoses. The coolant is in a enclosed loop within the oil cooler so as long as you do not remove the hoses the coolant can not go anywhere.

Would coolant be able to seep inside that oil cooler?

@blainenewby

Жыл бұрын

If you get new seals and clean it correctly, no it shouldn’t. One of the problems you may find tho is sludge buildup from the coolant…so maybe try cleaning it out a good bit before reinstalling.

How freaking long did it take you to line your bolt up? I’ve been at it for almost 4 hours now and about to just have it towed to the damn shop.

@blainenewby

3 жыл бұрын

Reinstallation took about 20 minutes. Mostly trying to get the hose clamps back on the hoses and fittings.

These 3.4l Toyota engines must run hotter than the Toyota 4 cyl that they put in the 2000 Camry. I had over 325,000 miles on my Camry, changed the oil every 3000 miles and when I had to replace the valve cover gasket at 300,000 miles there was no carbon build up on the inside of the valve cover. I just bought a 2000 4runner with a bad engine with 220,000 mile and the calve covers are all carbon up on the inside. The replacement engine that I bought with 185,000 miles looks just as bad inside the valve covers. Maybe they did not change the oil every 3000 miles on them. Spent 5 hours just trying to clean the valve covers up. Put new oil and filter, ran engine for 30 minutes changed the oil filter, drove the 4runner for a week drained the oil, changed the oil and filter again.

@jonp.6131

3 жыл бұрын

Sight unseen, so I will guess: I think someone neglected that engine

Do u have a link on where you bought the seal kit And thanks for this vidio

@blainenewby

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t have a link. I bought the seals from my Toyota dealership.

@marygarza6203

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Can't find it on auto parts or Amazon

Just two seals, inner and outer? The diagram that I was looking at was showing 3.

@blainenewby

3 жыл бұрын

Did you see any other seals?

@mattjames9331

3 жыл бұрын

www.toyotaoflawton.com/parts/index.htm?path=%2Foem-parts%2Ftoyota-engine-oil-cooler-gasket-9030161003%3Fc%3DbD0xJm49U2VhcmNoIFJlc3VsdHMmYT10b3lvdGEmbz1waWNrdXAmeT0xOTkyJnQ9ZGx4JmU9My0wbC12Ni1nYXM%253D

@mattjames9331

3 жыл бұрын

it shows, inner, outer (15,16) and 17. 17 is the one in question.

@blainenewby

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattjames9331 That diagram is for a 3.0 engine. This is the 3.4L V6.

Cómo se despega la pieza del motor? Saqué el tornillo del centro pero el oilcooler esta fuertemente pegado al motor.

@blainenewby

8 жыл бұрын

Lo siento, no sé español. He utilizado un destornillador para hacer palanca hacia fuera . También puede tratar de un martillo de goma . Asegúrese de haber desconectado los tubos así .

@lydiatirado3054

8 жыл бұрын

Gracias , logré hacerlo!

@luiselias1887

5 жыл бұрын

@@blainenewby gracias por ayudar

What are your thoughts on oil cooler delete ?

@blainenewby

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't recommend deleting the oil cooler. I see no benefit to doing that.

Why drain the coolant, can you just have some plugs ready as soon as you release the hose just to avoid that step ? I hate to bleed the coolant system !

@blainenewby

7 жыл бұрын

TheHelado36 You could do that. I didn't have any plugs. Also, my hands are huge and it was a tight space. I'd rather drain it than having coolant spill all over me while I'm trying to get my hands in there and get plugs in it. You could definitely do that, but when you go to reinstall it takes a good bit to get the hoses back on. So you'll be spilling the whole time you're trying to reinstall as well. It just came down to being easier to drain coolant for me.

@TheHelado36

7 жыл бұрын

Blaine Newby In my case is a 2.2 Camry and space is not an issue, so I will try it with the plugs! Thanks for your response and great video !

Why do You have to drain the coolant

@blainenewby

Жыл бұрын

I drained the coolant. Maybe you could get away with not? But I drained it because there are coolant lines that run to this oil cooler and I figured if the coolant was drained I wouldn’t get a ton of coolant leaking when I pulled the lines off.

My actualy problem.

Dude you need to get some sand paper or something

@blainenewby

2 жыл бұрын

How would sand paper be helpful?