T100 New Owner

ZMAN · 03-25-2005, 04:01 PM

Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum but not new to Toyota Trucks. I had owned an 85 with a 22R 4 cyl before. Drove it everyhwere and loved it until the head gasket went out.

I very recently bought a 96 T100 with 175,000 mi on it. The previous owner did a pretty good job of taking care of it maintenance wise. It has the 3.4L V6 Auto in it which is an engine/tranny I am not very familiar with so I'm looking for some expertise.

Is there anything I should look for or do as the new owner? All the belts were changed at 150K along with new plugs and a tranny flush.

Anyone have any recommendations on how I can boost my fuel economy? My first couple of calculations are putting me around 17-18 MPG which was a little disappointing to me. Is this normal for this motor? How about overall acceleration performance as well? Seems kind of sluggish and slow to respond. Maybe I'm expecting too much but I have to believe I can make it do better.

Thanks

elnido · 03-26-2005, 09:07 PM

check out yotatech.com and 4x4wire.com for air intake modification info and mpg discussions. So far I've done this along with installing an Amsoil airfilter ($40) This mod I did in about 5-10 minutes. Seems to help on the pick up when I really ga$ it.
Looking at the air box of my T100 thinking I'd try out the elbow removal mod. I looked inside the box an saw a tube that exits out the box into the fender where the infamous elbow connects. I unscrewed the 3 bolts of the airbox, lifted it, and pulled that tube out (I had to undo one rivit in the bottom of the box). Now, the hole on the fender side of the airbox is totally exposed (similar to what the deckplate mod would do, only on the side...maybe not as good?) Anyway, to put this back 100% stock all I have to do is lift the box, slide in the tube (which reconnects to the elbow when I put the airbox back in place), stick the rivet stem (or similar screw) thru the hole of the tube to the bottom of the box and just like stock.
Research the winter gas blend in your area. I'm using 85 here in colorado. I usually get about 300 miles out of one tank (just when fuel light goes on) in the winter and Ive gotten 450 once in summer months.
Lately, I've been getting 16-17mpg on winter gas in Colorado, and I have a big cage rack over my topper sucking some mpg as well. *I'm running stock 15" rims with 31x10.5 tires
I love my T100, good luck!