100K miles and need some advice

[Mendez79]

Hey guys hoping to get some advice.

I'm about to reach 100k miles on my 2001 V6 Prerunner and i have planned so far to do:

Oil Change
Trans flush
Change Spark plugs (should i change the wires?)
Tire rotation
Fuel Filter
Diff Oil Change
Lube chassis.
Timing Belt (i don't know if i should, lots of work. Should I?)

Is there anything else i should do for the 100k mile maintenances?

[Mendez79]

what happened to this forum, i used to get answers so quick. bump

[monoman]

Radiator flush maybe? (if it hasn't been done in a while) If your doing the plugs, I'd do the plug wires if they are looking sad. If it's never been changed, you might want to change out the water pump while your doing the timing belt......good luck.....

[Guilford]

you need to do the timing belt every 70-90k anyways...if it goes out it will cost you more then time to fix it. yota dealerships offer to replace the timing belt for $300 i suggest it if you lack patients
as for the rest:
plugs and wires
eng/trans/diff oils and filters
grease all the points
flush the radiator
recharge the a/c
*inspect the front and rear wheel bearings and seals*
change the fuel filter
flush the brake and clutch fluid
air filter

use Lucas oil stabilizers with all of your oil changing, it makes a huge difference.

basically if it has fluid, flush it.
if it requires grease, grease it.
and if it uses a filter, clean or replace it.

[Mendez79]

I'm dreading the timing belt, I have the factory service manual so i'm going to go real slow. I'm doing the plugs, fuel filter and diff oil this weekend. maybe in 2 weeks i'll do the belt.

Thanks for the input. My Tacoma still runs great, she's been good to me. the next 100k miles should be just as good.

[Guilford]

there is a hydraulic tensioner on the bottom right side you will need to take the a/c and power steering off to get at. just a note i found out the hard way, buy a cheap or use an old allen key to hold it in place, dont use one of those variable angle keys as the ball will get stuck and you will have a great time getting it out w/o putting a hole in your radiator. another note, you are going to have to put the belt and the tensioner on at least 2 times, the first time you put it on, mark where the cams are and where they move to when you put the tensioner back on, then take the tensioner back off adjust the cams so that when you put the tensioner back on again the cams will be dead on. it took me 3 times to get everything dead on. it is very very important that the crank and the cams are all on the right marks, 1 degree off is really bad juju for your engine. if you run into any issues just reply i will get a reply back asap. i used a 26" chain wrench to hold the crank pulley and a 14" x 1/2"dr breaker bar to remove it. the special service tool is pretty much just a chain wrench anyways.

[kingsrmz250]

i would recomed putting some ngk iridium ix spark plugs they work great also changing the cables to ngk ignition cables.. installation is very simple i did this to my 1998 4x4 taco trd .also change the differential fluids with royal purple..