Here's some reading material:

http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showf...749441&fpart=&PHPSESSID=

http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showf...710763&fpart=&PHPSESSID=

http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showf...655787&fpart=&PHPSESSID=

http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showf...456297&fpart=&PHPSESSID=

A guy asked me to take a look at his 4Runner that ran badly. As I always do, I asked him what the last thing he worked on was. He said "AFM mod". This is what his #3 piston looked like. What was left of the rings were literally welded to the piston.

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Darrin and a few others here have had similar experiences and some swear they've had no problems.

Roll the dice.

85 Toyota SR5 Xtra Cab P/U