20 Most Recent 1996 Toyota Hilux - Page 4 Questions & Answers

A rubber mallet is the trick, there is no tool. Even a stick of wood in a pinch. A soft blow or two should break the seal.

to be honest your probale better of trading old one in for a recondition one or pick up second hand one

first check oil if full check sending unit maybe wire came off or it is bad did motor knock if you ran motor to low on oil you may have bearing problems

Then you'll be needing to remove the inside door panel. There should be a clip on the lock mechanism and a rod attached to it. What I'd do is go down to a u-pull it lot and find a similar model and remove the door panel and see what you're up against. Then you can decide if you want to get into it yourself or have it done by a mechanic or a locksmith, whichever is cheaper. Goog luck.

Go to autozone dot com and make a free account, then logon to that accound and put in the year, make and model. Then look for the link for the free repair guides. check the electrical section.

The oil should be fine, just make sure it is good quality oil.

double posted 3 min apart, back up and read my long post. and be patent. your questions , lack facts. id love to see that timing belt lamp.. my guess is you are guessing at ICONS, lost your operators guide? that tells true meaning seems so. no country stated nor engine type. 5th generation Hilux sold with all these engines. 1.8 L 2Y-U I4 2.4 L 22R-E I4 3.0 L 3VZ-E V6 2.4 L 2L diesel I4 2.8 L 3L diesel I4 pick one,?

this a 1996 Toyota Hilux?????????? is RPM at 300? or 800,. 300 is bad idle and alt will fail there. water level, , timing belt? (no way on any 96 !!!) oil level in 1996, ? ahhh you think pressure is level , gotch. what country is this. ive not seen all 50 country Hilux.s ever. its not USA car. so????? check engine RPM if dash has RPM this is easy, 800 good, lower bad cold engine RPM is about 1500 and drops to 800 hot. is this car EFI or CARB, many cars not in USA are carb up to 2001. to get best help. for all engine issues.

1. Post your Country, is that so hard,. not one poster ever did.?
2. Post engine type, most cars have 3 engine options,, land-cruisers 12 engines. world wide.
3. List all engine related symptoms, misfire , bogging stalls, and engine shaking or low idle RPM or too high,
4. check all fuse and report the status of the CEL lamp, key on CEL glows, and running stays off. if not insert the check jumper and read the flash codes, CEL on running means the ECU wants to tell you what and why tests fail.. listen to it or fail.

the VSS is dead. did you even look up code 59? your car non USA car? ours we have to use a OBD2 scan tool to get codes, all codes. on 1995. so what in the world produced such a code. here are all codes, this era. pick one., http://www.troublecodes.net/toyota/ if your code is VSS bad, then it is. and not the speedo. the PCM reads the VSS and also drives the speedo using VSS data.

lost engine power well, which engine.?????? which I4 , which V6? what country>> diff, engines (and fueling ) sold in diffr, countries. so..................?????????????? Gen 5 hilux one of these? 1.8 L 2Y-U I4 2.4 L 22R-E I4 3.0 L 3VZ-E V6 2.4 L 2L diesel I4 2.8 L 3L diesel I4 some countries ran carbs then. which engine, is it fuel injected , EFI? (-E is EF) now the Generic answer. 1: low compression on all or 1 cylinders. 2: bad spark or timed wrong, (gas engines) 3: wrong fuel rates, (too much or too little) too much is misfire, too little is bog. on diesel too much is black cloud. too little bogs. there is a simple test for each, path.