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Hi Folks,
Yes, the Toyspeed Forums are a mere shadow of their former glory,
The likes of Instagram, Facebook and Twitter have overtaken the likes of phpBB
And also, our forum has been a bit broken for a while.
This post is a bit of a test, to see if it works...

Long story short, the Mods have been ...

Hah, i've been stewing on this for a few weeks, and 30 minutes after I post it, the problem is fixed...

Turns out that the carpet pops off (when I figured out how to do it without breaking it) and there's a metal rod with a loop on the end that screws into a bar (lever) to which the strappy bit is ...

So when I got my car (Gaia, 7 seater with a 3rd row of seats) back from WOF one of the back seats was 'part way up' (they'd tested the seatbelt, and a soccer ball had gotten stuck in the footwell preventing it from going all the way back down)... I locked the seat 'up' to retrieve the ball and clear ...

Hmm, 1AZ? I know those early D4 engines were chronically bad for blocking the EGR valves, perhaps with low idle RPM on top of loading up the powersteering pump in the turn, revs stumbled enough to make the PS and alternator drop out?

Symptoms of a blocked EGR valve include a lumpy idle and power ...

Theoretically it is not possible for the steering angle and the movement
of the steering wheel to get out of synch. There is a mechanical connection
between the two, and you would know if something broke. But, if you
happened to be making a turn on smooth wet concrete, the car may have ...

Here's a good one for the Toyspeed brain trust...
Yesterday I was pulling into a car parking area when the steering in my Gaia went... funny. It was like the direction I was pointing the steering wheel didn't match the direction the car was travelling in (or the trajectory change didn't line up,).
I ...

I'd certainly give some higher octane fuel a trial for a few tanks, worth a shot anyway. We run 95 minimum in our 2AZFE Blade, 91 is good for mowers though

LOL yeah.

I'm pondering now whether to try 95 or go straight to 98 - I usually buy at Z (fuel vouchers from Countdown) so 98 isn't an option ...

I've had a 1AZFSE driven Toyota (Gaia) for >2 years and it doesn't miss a beat mechanically - 91 Octane and all. (I do occasionally detect a misfire at idle, but it's such a minor thing that it never factors as a problem).

Seems to go nicely.

Responding to myself on an old thread, hah

Having ...

Or brake pads worn enough to drop the fluid level with the nose down when parked. Did you get to Ohakune OK?

Aside from being the first to come across a fatal car accident made it OK.

One little glimmer for about 5 seconds from the warning light when doing a U-Turn while on the way here ...

Dell'Orto wrote:Never know, my series 2 RX-7 had it, had me stumped for ages because I thought it was the fluid level too. Wasn't until I failed a WOF for no brake like I worked it out

I will check again, just to be sure
Could be intermittent. A bulb failure would seem unlikely to be intermittent.

I should add i'm doing a road trip to Ohakune tomorrow afternoon so i'm mildly concerned about the timing !

Dell'Orto wrote:Not a brake light warning symbol perhaps?

Pretty sure the car isn't flash enough to have that - i'm sure i've done brake light bulbs before now.

So the (!) light that would usually be on when the handbrake is on, has a few times in the last few weeks been seen to be on when the handbrake clearly is not, shortly after starting my car (usually while the engine is cold).

I park on a slope (nose down) and I wondered if this might be affecting ...

I'll take your point about the copyrighted material - at least to a point. Once you own a vehicle you should be able to do diagnostics on it, and not be limited to proprietary means to do so IMHO. A lookup of code-vs-explanation would seem like a fundamental need.

As for taking responsibility, i'm ...

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/04/20/automakers-gearheads-car-repairs/
We should be really concerned about the ramifications of this.


Not really, it appears to only be the various ECUs in a car they are talking about. And how many of us on this board, or in NZ in general, have the knowledge & the ...

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/04/20/auto ... r-repairs/

It's a long article but it tells an important story.
We should be really concerned about the ramifications of this.

(Sorry if this has come up elsewhere, I did have a cursory look first...)

I've had a 1AZFSE driven Toyota (Gaia) for >2 years and it doesn't miss a beat mechanically - 91 Octane and all. (I do occasionally detect a misfire at idle, but it's such a minor thing that it never factors as a problem).

Seems to go nicely.

viewtopic.php?p=952289#p952289 has been updated - some freemail domains will now be permitted, on a trial basis. Let's see how we go.

Another update

As of this date we've removed the bans on gmail.com, hotmail.com, yahoo.com and yahoo.co.nz

This is an interim measure to see what impact it has on 'abusive use' - bans on other freemail domains will be reviewed over time.

As usual, issues or questions should be sent to admins (at ...

My Celica(s) were both in the order of NZ$1200 per annum... so if you're a young driver with a high profile car that rate is probably fair. Glad I drive nannawagons now in some respects!