helijohn

Hi members, I have a 1998 White RAV4 that I love. :) Trying to match body parts, my colour code is white - 041. I have found parts in white - A23...I cant find info on either of these codes anywhere...can anyone help?

Hi

Have you tried eBay? I have been getting my paints that way for a while now.

What year is your RAV4? The OBD2 entry in all the cars should be

universal, but give me your car year and I can tell you what would you

need.

Thanks, it is a 1996.

Where is it located in the car??

Interesting...

I used to moderate R4W in it's early days and help out Kelly with the site. Not sure what's happened to him if he's not taking registrations anymore.

At first I thought it was my PC or the operating system but I got others to try to register with the same problem. I can't even contact the site to get help to register.

@ Newbie Jennifer.

Is there nothing else you can do such as get a motoring organisation to step in. We have the AA here in England that I am in who would be very helpful. I seriously doubt your insurance will be able to help but you never know. Have you contacted only the local Toyota agent??

No like I say it's a completely different story with my experiences.

I made my RAV4 into a project car.

I'm shocked; that is gorgeous. I thought you were going to be telling me how it was cost cow cos of its shortcomings but boy did you surprise me.

my wallet certainly did. That's an entirely different story, however.

Did you find it expensive? Or was there something in particular that was costly?

Well, while I didn't really tire of the RAV4, my wallet certainly did. That's an entirely different story, however.

Yes, I can imagine. ^_^

I wonder what the lifespan was expected to be?

Do you mean the first generation RAV4's from 1994 - 2000? If so there's more than enough. The 2-door variants are getting a bit harder to come by though.

Yes I meant those but also I meant the 3 door.

10 mph over is a big error. Even 4mph over is too high I recon.

Talbit

I am just about OK with 4mph over.

I find myself doing a quick subtraction all the time. It is too distracting. Like today I went past a speed sentry and it told me I was doing 28mph when my clock was showing about 34. I need to see that I am doing 30 when I am actually doing 30 so I can drop below it in 30mph limits.

My Pajero is bang on, why can't Toyotas be too??

Just wanted to add a comment to the OP, the 1st gen RAV4's with the 3S-FE engines were notorious for valve stem seal failures.

I remember conversations like this one on the old RAV4World.com

I have used this for that problem on other cars with fantastic results.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251302578959?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

I have tried to register with Rav4World but can't get on.

Thanks John,

But if I've got to add stuff to a new car then there's something wrong.

Talbit

Quite right. I thought it was the age mine is.

Is the Rav 4.1 noted for any rain leaks? I have a regular ingress when the rain is heavy; it drips at the fan for the aircon.

I've got a 2013 RAV4 GXL 2.2L diesel turbo and it used about 1 litre in the first 8,000klm. It

was checked by Toyota at the 1,000klm mark so it lost it in 7,000klm. The oil

light came on and I had to put in about a litre. It's just had it's first

service today (at 9,900klm). They said they couldn't find anything wrong. They

say they are not aware of anyone else reporting this so as far as I'm concerned, there is a problem with my car. The manager said he'd get onto the Toyoata head office and see if they have an alert out and that he'd email me the answer. He showed me a Toyota notice that said that the Landcruiser could lose 1 litre in 10,000klm but that is under towing conditions or when it's working

hard. But my RAV4 rarely has more than two people in it and certainly doesn't

do any heavy work. This is a new car! I've got a petrol Camry that's 15 years

old and it doesn't use any oil at all. To say that this new RAV4 should be expected

to lose some oil is nonsense. The fact that it uses a thin synthetic oil might be a clue. I'd be interested to see what other people think.

Now and then I come across this in my own (non Toyota) motors. I an not familiar with the valve seal systems on them but if there is a bore or seal problem this stuff sometimes works a treat.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251302578959?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Is there a socket on early Ravs for an OBD2 code reader?

I am wondering how many 3 door Rav 4.1s are left?

They said they can match the paint but it has to be made up in a spray can when I only want a small touch up paint kit with a brush.

I get the spray made up then spray a small amount into the lid and use an artist's brush for touching up chips etc. I just had Halfords (do you have Halfords ?) mix mine up for my wine red '96.

Is this any good?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351053755526?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

The sooner we go by GPS the better !!!

And what happens in tunnels/around skyscrapers etc? Especially with the number of speed cameras in NSW tunnels (Harbour, Lane Cove etc), relying on a GPS speedo (these already exist by the way, Speedhut make them, mostly for retro-fitting into old-skool cars without needing to interface with the original mechanical speedo sender) is just asking to be fined for speeding...

There are some people who pretty much drive by GPS for one reason or another!! Nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean, know what I mean!! ;) :D

Right, I was running 10mph fast so I went up a few tyre sizes (width and aspect) and now the speedometer reads only 4mph fast. Big improvement.

Update.

Well it's installed. The red box behind the ciggy lighter is the control box and two terminals when each grounded to earth operate the lock and unlock. I found them using a probe light. All you have to do is connect the appropriate lock/unlock leads from the CL unit to them. Job done.

I know it's an old thread but browsing, I was amazed at the high pressures being used. I have 1.8 bar on the door frame which is 26psi. I just had some tyres fitted and the fitters blew them up to 36psi even though I said do them to 30. The ride felt really harsh so I dropped the pressures to 28psi and wow the improvement was fantastic. I am going to try 24 next.

Paintless dent removal.

I have owned two Rav4(4.1) and both have had dents in the rear door which have to be as a result of having the spare wheel hitting stuff when reversing. This is the dent that came free with the car when I bought it.

I've seen a lot of vids on PDR, some seem like miracles such as using popcorn.

I thought I'd try

So I decided to try making my own version of this, I mean, how hard can it be??

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261359139494?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

I got myself a cheap hot water bottle and cadged a punctured bicycle tyre inner tube from Halfords. I drilled out the HWB cap and slipped the inner tube valve into the hole then cut the tube off to make this.

Is the control unit for the central locking a red box about the size of two fag packs located under the dash behind the cig lighter?

I don't believe this but I was digging around under the dash in the transmission tunnel next to the passenger footwell and I found a long long lead folded up with a terminal connector on the end. Am I right in thinking this is ready for a towbar???

I hope it is because normally I spend hours splicing wires.