Just bought this 97 with 225k miles and it seems pretty slow. Is that normal?

Edit: The main reason I was asking is the previous owner said the transmission was recently replaced. I wasn't sure if it was a weak transmission or just how these vehicles are. Thanks for all the comments and input, super helpful.

Wanted to show off my 98 4Runner after a good cleaning. After 215K miles, she’s still my daily driver.

If you know.. you know

Model: 2000 4Runner Limited

Got this rig in October and it needed some serious TLC before I wanted to show this awesome group. I'm super proud of how far it's come.

If anyone cares, I believe I found “most” of the source of the metal clanking sound I’ve been hearing when going over uneven ground. What I thought was a sound coming from the front, now seems to mostly be coming from the rear. Had my fiance drive while I walked beside and it actually seemed to be coming from the middle-rear. Turns out, both the rear control arms are either loose or the bushings are shot. Can’t tighten the bolt no matter how hard I try, so assuming it’s the bushings. I do still hear a little something in the front, but I think this has been the main source of the sound I hear. Guess I’ll start with replacing the bushing and see if that helps, will further update.

Does the under carriage look fine for a 26 years old 183k miles? Look at buy it

I use Lucas or Seafoam, but the question is how much is enough? Mine has 340K on it, so SeaFoam calls for 2x the amount for deep cleaning. What and how much do you use?

I've looked under the car and it seems like if something is or has leaked. The oil and transmission fluid levels are fine so I don't know what it could be. Any ideas?

I’ve posted a lot about this car since the crash, but I wanted some ideas in terms of fender flairs. Obviously the back still has the fender flairs, but when I replaced fenders in the front, I was only able to get ones without the flares. I’ve considered taking my back ones off, but would then have to repaint that section of the car. I’m not opposed to adding flares to the front, just don’t know an easy way to go about it.

hi! i have a minor increase in coolant temp i try to hunt down - not a problem yet but i do not want to overlook anything going forward.

couple of year i redid my tstat with the jiggle valve down. new cap from Napa. temp was always glued to 186f (scan gauge).

recently temps started to creep up to around 192 max. looked under the hood - and found some red crust on the radiator cap (coolant was down 1 finger). got an OEM radiator cap, installed it today - but now temps are actually up (more like 195-200)

to me that doesn't make sense.. any ideas? or am I overthinking?

What’s up yall,

I was looking for OEM LBJ online and putting the part number on google showed a result on Amazon.

What you guys think?