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Toyota & Lexus service guides

10 step-by-step service guides for Toyota and Lexus trucks — fluid capacities, torque specs and the factory service order, written from the manuals we keep on hand. Every capacity and torque figure is quoted from the factory service manual for that platform, with the year range it applies to. If a guide does not cover your exact truck, call or text and we will pull the manual.

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Toyota Tacoma · 2016–2023 3.5L V6

Tuning and parts for this platform: AMSOIL for Toyota Tacoma

Differential and transfer case fluid, 2016-2023 Tacoma No, 75W-90 is not the answer for all three. Toyota's repair manual specs 75W-85 GL-5 in both differentials and a straight SAE 75W in the transfer case, with different capacities and different filler torques for each. Every figure here is quoted from the Toyota repair manual. 1 hr 30 min6 steps7 FAQs Engine tick diagnosis, 2016-2023 Tacoma 3.5L Toyota's repair manual never calls any noise on the 2GR-FKS normal, and there are two bulletins for noises on this exact engine: a vacuum pump knock (2016-2023, Basic Warranty) and a high-pressure fuel pump chirp (2016-2017, Powertrain Warranty). The checklist, the bulletin numbers, and the exclusion most people miss. 45 min7 steps6 FAQs Transmission drain and fill, 2016-2023 Tacoma 3.5L Toyota's own procedure for the 2016-2023 Tacoma 3.5L V6 automatic (AC60E/AC60F): ATF WS spec, 3.3 qt per drain, plug torques, the 95-113°F level check with the D-indicator, and the three-cycle factory replacement. Every figure from the Toyota repair manual. 2 hr11 steps5 FAQs Gear hunting, 2016-2023 Tacoma 3.5L Gear hunting on a 3rd gen Tacoma is the factory transmission tune playing it safe, built in from the showroom floor. What to check before you assume anything is wrong, what a calibration actually changes about the shift logic, and what it leaves alone. 15 min8 steps7 FAQs

Toyota 4Runner · 2010–2024 4.0L V6

Tuning and parts for this platform: AMSOIL for Toyota 4Runner

Front brake inspection, 2010-2024 4Runner Toyota's own front-brake inspection for the 5th-gen 4Runner 4.0L V6: pad 11.3 to 1.0 mm, disc 32.0 to 29.0 mm, front runout max 0.05 mm, and the step almost everyone skips - over the runout limit the manual checks wheel bearing play and axle hub runout before it blames the rotor. Figures from the Toyota repair manual. 1 hr7 steps6 FAQs Oil and filter change, 2010-2024 4Runner 4.0L Toyota's own procedure for the 5th-gen 4Runner 4.0L V6 (1GR-FE): SAE 0W-20 ILSAC, 6.6 qt with the filter, the filter-housing drain plug almost everyone skips, every torque, and how to set the level without overfilling. Figures from the Toyota repair manual. 1 hr7 steps5 FAQs

After an OTT Tune

Tuning and parts for this platform: OTT Tune

Back to stock, step by step The OTT Tune flashes back to true factory stock, byte-for-byte, in about twenty minutes, anytime. What a return-to-stock appointment involves, what it means for resale, an inspection or a dealer visit, and how to get the calibration back afterward. 20 min8 steps7 FAQs

Lexus GX 460 · 2010–2023 4.6L V8

Tuning and parts for this platform: AMSOIL for the Lexus GX

Differential and transfer case fluid, 2010-2023 GX 460 Three units, three fluids, three fill levels and four different torque figures on a 2010-2023 Lexus GX 460 - and on the normal maintenance schedule Toyota asks you to INSPECT all three, not replace them. Replacement appears only on the severe schedule, gated on towing, off-road, dirt or dust. Every figure quoted from the repair manual. 1 hr 30 min6 steps7 FAQs

Toyota & Lexus 2UZ-FE 4.7L V8

Tuning and parts for this platform: AMSOIL Garage

4.7L 2UZ-FE timing belt Every 2UZ-FE manual says 90,000 miles, and the 2008 Sequoia adds a 108-month clock. But the set-up angle and crank rotation differ by platform: 50 degrees BTDC counterclockwise on a 4Runner and GX470, 50 degrees ATDC clockwise on a Land Cruiser 100, and no offset at all on a Sequoia or first-gen Tundra. The per-truck table, the shared torques, and what the manuals do not say. 6 hr8 steps6 FAQs

Toyota Tundra · 2007–2021 5.7L V8

Tuning and parts for this platform: AMSOIL for Toyota Tundra

Oil and filter change, 2007-2021 Tundra 5.7L Toyota's own procedure for the 5.7L Tundra: SAE 0W-20, and a capacity that is 7.4, 7.9 or 8.5 US quarts depending on when the truck was built. Every torque, the filter-housing drain plug people skip, the plastic-cap bulletin, and how to set the level. Figures from the Toyota repair manuals. 1 hr7 steps6 FAQs