{"id":52675,"date":"2017-07-20T16:39:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T21:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=52675"},"modified":"2024-02-11T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T19:23:19","slug":"1999-toyota-4runner-3-4l-limited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/07\/1999-toyota-4runner-3-4l-limited","title":{"rendered":"1999 Toyota 4Runner 3.4L Limited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1999-toyota-4runner.jpg\" alt=\"1999 Toyota 4Runner\" width=\"600\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1999-toyota-4runner.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1999-toyota-4runner-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have replaced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/cooling-system-thermostat.html\">thermostat<\/a> and gasket and I am trying to replace the water outlet gasket also. There is a metal bar across the housing of the water outlet that is the L and R fuel line for the injectors. I need to be able to move that line in order to get to the housing and replace the gasket. How can I do that?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>REMOVE DELIVERY PIPES AND INJECTORS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Be careful not to drop the injectors when removing the delivery pipes.<\/li>\n<li>Pay attention to put any hung load on the injector to and from the side direction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Remove the 4 bolts and delivery pipes together with the 6 injectors.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the 4 spacers from the intake manifold.<\/li>\n<li>Pull out the 6 injectors from the delivery pipes.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the 2 O-rings and insulator from each injector.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1999-toyota-4runner-fuel-rail-1.png\" alt=\"Fuel rail 1999 Toyota 4runner\" width=\"295\" height=\"206\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have replaced the thermostat and gasket and I am trying to replace the water outlet gasket also. 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I need to be able to move that line in order to get to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/07\/1999-toyota-4runner-3-4l-limited\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1999 Toyota 4Runner 3.4L Limited<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14605,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[9429,19412],"class_list":["post-52675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-toyota","tag-4runner","tag-remove-delivery-pipes-and-injectors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1999 Toyota 4Runner 3.4L Limited - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/07\/1999-toyota-4runner-3-4l-limited\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1999 Toyota 4Runner 3.4L Limited\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have replaced the thermostat and gasket and I am trying to replace the water outlet gasket also. 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