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I purchased some Knipex carpenters pliers from an online retailer in Canada. Noticed that the cutting edges of the pliers were "slightly" damaged something I would not have cared about that on a "lower tier" tool but when it says 100% Quality on the packaging and made in germany it's kind of...

Owner was driving today and he encountered a slight momentary power loss / hesitation at highway speeds. The Check - Engine came on I did a scan with Blue Drive and its P0327 - Knock Combustion vibration Sensor 1 circuit low Bank 1 , Confirmed code which we cleared but another one is pending (...

Yeah we started watching Youtube on the topic of this complex PVC / oil separator and wow is it every complex. Last week on when the owner had the car on idle I removed the oil cap and according to video I saw there should have been a suction force pulling the cap down, it was the opposite...

So I got my neighbour to load up on Pennzoil Platinum Euro 5w-40 which he did a few weeks ago as it was on sale in Canada. Then I had to remind him a few times that for maximum efficient the oil had to be transferred from the containers into his engine ! Its almost winter here , cold so I got...

My neighbors 2017 Tiguan is burning a bit of oil. On his last oil change his was missing 2 quarts of oil ! During covid he also let the same thing happen. I offered to help him remove his spark plugs and inspect his cylinders with borescope to see if the walls are scored or still have the...

Update : Sept 28, brough the car to the dealer I was assigned a friendly mechanic how answered all my question's last month I rebuilt the front brake calipers, serviced the back ones and did a air bleeding then redid the Toyota ABS air bleeding with the techstream software this being our only...

Today it was clear for me that any kind of "evidence" I collect does not matter from Toyota's / dealers perspective. They will do their monitoring, dump the oil on Thursday and reinstall toyota oil & filter ( I only used filters I purchase at this same dealship) put an anti-tamper tape on the...

All good info thanks. Last January I left the car with the dealer for a full week ! I asked about this who does the work ? the service rider told me that engine jobs go to the most experienced techs, they enjoyed this type of work as they were able to focus on one job for a few days and did...

Updated, history about the vehicle we pruchased it second hand from a Kia dealer in 2020, at the time when I was researching the vehicle and looking for winter tires. I found the original owner who sold it to Kia, he had purchased an extended Toyota warranty, and we did the transfer of the...

Our SUV ( 2019 Highlander with the V6 2GR-FKS at 50 000 miles) had the engine taken out by local Toyota dealership to fix a leaking timing cover, ( 2end time this was repaired ) and a second oil leak on one of the engine head gaskets. The dealership sent me this pictureof the engine when it...

Speaking of VHT caliper paint, I hate it. followed instructions to the T, painted calipers I clean-up very well then oven baked and waited a few days for reassembly. The minute the caliper and brake got exposed to brake fluid the paint started dissolving.

Both side, same pattern everything lines up. The tab has a slight lift to it. remember these pads were also cover with a layer of rust that clean off before taking pictures. There I a reason both caliper L & R show the same wear pattern at the same spot. I was extra careful every year pushing...

I am done with "jobber" shims . Back to the expensive, original Toyota shim kit. Sold separately does not come with pad, $57 here in Canada ! Look at the difference is thickness and surface area. Plus on magnet the Toyota shims have less pickup, that tells me less iron = less rust. Not sure if...

Yes I live the rust belt and when I do my yearly woolwax coating I disassemble the brakes clean and re-grease. This year is the 1st time I have seen a tear like that in a gasket. But I think I know why the wear occured on both calipers on the same spot. It must be the ****y Raybeston hardware...

Inside of the caliper assembly no. that's bare exposed metal. I made foam plugs to seal off the inside. I masked off the outside of the piston's and did paint the insides as they rusting heavily, electrolysis got most of the rust off the piston's then I used a small sand blaster with Soda to...

A few mistakes were made along the way, but I still have all my fingers and the calipers are rebuilt, Used RockAuto seals the Toyota stuff was way too expensive $10 vs $120 !

Not sure, what the deal did but probably a rust convert. I am in the rust area, Montreal , QC and I clean my up with a simple electrolysis process, after 24 hours, un-treated vs treated caliper. this was just 1 st step in my rebuild process.

Thank you all for all the feedback, certainly confirms that these brakes require an annual inspection and re-grease. The rest of vehicle is covered in WoolWax so it doing a pretty good job of keeping the rust away. I purchased a lifetime supply and that part of my annual routine re-coating...

New here on the form. I have been servicing brakes on our vehicles for about 3 years, that means removing pads, caliper bracket, cleaning re-lubing slider pins with silicon grease, cleaning hardware re-assembly. Looks like this when I repaint the braket before final re-assembly these are with...