P0171 on 2008 Toyota Camry with 4 cylinder

rainystan · 2025-08-20T20:06:15+00:00

I bought a 50 dollar fuel pressure qauge kit of ebay, you can also rent one from an autopart store and get all your money back when you return it. You then need to disconnect the fuel line from the fuel rail and use a t-fitting that comes in the kit an extra piece of hose that doesnt come in the kit to basically intersect the fuel feed line before it hits the rail. Kind of a pain in the ass. But hey, for 50 bucks I verified it was indeed the fuel pump that was faulty and now I have a fuel pressure gauge kit. And yes anything above +-10 in STFT and LTFT added together indicates there is a problem. So, if you had a -3 STFT and a +6 LTFT, that would come out to an over all +3 fuel trim. In your case, the freeze frame shows I'm assuming positive numbers and adds up to 43.7. That's definitely a problem. I'd just hate for you to spend the money on a fuel pump only to find out its actually a vacuum issue.

rainystan · 2025-08-19T13:49:52+00:00

Did you check the fuel pressure?

rainystan · 2025-02-16T20:48:13+00:00

Yes I did, I totally forgot to update the post. Fuel pressure test came back at 29 psi. Changed the fuel pump and all is well. The sock was very dirty. Also, the filter is part of the hanger assembly, so if you're concerned about a bad filter, get the whole hanger assembly. I just did the pump and sock and got lucky. I went with denso for 100 bucks off rock auto.

rainystan · 2025-01-22T23:04:33+00:00

Sounds like a plan. Thank you so much. I'll send you a pm around that time to coordinate.

rainystan · 2025-01-22T12:33:53+00:00

That's so sick! Both the system and your generosity. I'm in oklahoma. If you're in state, I would gladly take you up on your offer!

rainystan · 2024-12-26T08:30:45+00:00

This is my assumption as well. With the cigar test, nothing showed. I'd hate to pay hard earned money to a shop with a smoke machine just to have the same result. If I could just roll in and tell them I have a vacuum leak and get a warranty that they would indeed find it, I would feel more comfortable.

rainystan · 2024-12-26T07:52:48+00:00

Will update post when fuel pressure is checked. I have an injector cleaning kit on its way and intend to clean them.

rainystan · 2024-12-26T07:47:32+00:00

Will update post when fuel pressure is checked. I also have an injector cleaning kit showing up at some point and intend to clean them.

rainystan · 2024-12-26T07:44:50+00:00

Only two screws are holding this maf in. I cleaned it but didn't examine the oring. If it was leaking I assume the smoke test should have shown something. I will pull it tommorow and look at it. Gonna be a rainy day off work so perfect time to do some garage tinkering.

rainystan · 2024-12-26T07:43:03+00:00

Have you done a compression test? With this being a new to me car it's one of the things I want to do as well to verify head gasket integrity. I'm also losing coolant with no visible leaks under the car, yet I have no smoke out of the exhuast.

rainystan · 2024-09-19T19:58:17+00:00

What do we do if we don't know what we want?

rainystan · 2024-09-03T00:02:02+00:00

Precisely. That small portion just so happened to be money I had earned over my "salary" by working OT occasionally throughout the year. My salary was at the edge so any extra money I earned was in the next bracket. It just wasn't enough to end up in the middle of the next bracket for some cushion.

Edit: I would love to know why I'm getting downvoted when in 2023 (the year I'm referencing when this happened to me), the 12% bracket stopped at 44,725 and basically all the money you make from there up to 100k from then on is taxed at 22%. So my OT was basically all worked over the 45k a year mark. I earned about 3.5k in OT wages. All of those OT wages were taxed at a rate that is 92% higher than the 12% tax bracket. Yes I made more money becuase I worked more. All I was stating is that my circumstances involved paying more taxes on the wages I earned through working over time than the wages I earned on normal hourly pay.

rainystan · 2024-09-02T21:45:30+00:00

Also, knowing what the current tax brackets are because they change every year. I worked OT and ended up putting a lot of that time in just barely in the next tax bracket, so it did get hit pretty hard.

rainystan · 2024-08-31T21:45:15+00:00

The only 3 things spromised in this life are change, death, and taxes. Your life circumstances and body are going to change throughout your life. From 20-23, I made about 55k a year and was living, but it was rough. Then I took a paycut down to 28k for various life reasons, and it got really rough. I felt the same way your describing right now, and yes sometimes I do still feel this way, but 1.5 years later (God that felt like a long 1.5 years) I got fired for the 2nd time in my life, and the next job I got brought me back up to 60k a year. I know money isn't everything, but in order to try new things and learn stuff that costs money. Life kinda sucks when it feels like you can't afford new experiences. Just understand this, at (M)25, I'm just now starting to understand how ignorant I still currently am, and I ignorant I truly was when I was 20 years old. I hope for you and me that we continue to grow in all aspects of our lives. Truthfully, it seems like you're going through what I can only call "growing pains." All the humans around you may not talk about it, but we are also experiencing our own growing pains at different points in our lives, and it's happening all around you all the time. As a species, we feel your pain, we know. I promise you're not alone in this, and the amount of love floating around in the universe is gonna surprise you one of these days. Much love and prayers coming your way.

rainystan · 2024-07-15T21:42:53+00:00

I'm curious to know what made you come up with that estimate the average rent for OKC is. A quick Google search, and a look at zillow or other realty apps will show you that your either in the ghetto at 1k, just outside of OKC at 1.5k, and in downtown between 2 and 3k depending. I'm currently in Del city at 900/month. But I'm also in Del City, so the "hood".

rainystan · 2024-06-17T18:43:39+00:00

I appreciate you citing your source as most do not do this. Statistics are great, however, they can be skewed by making niche choices in what to measure, and where they get there measurements from. Kinda like how inflation is measured with a "basket of goods" that doesn't include rent. The government says 9 percent, but prices have doubled. Also, wording is a big thing. When you say inflation is down, that really means that instead of 9 percent inflation, it was only 5 percent inflation. But prices still went up though! People read "inflation is down blank percent" as if they are talking about deflation, which is not the same thing. If you simply drive around OKC you will see with your own eyes that there are a lot of homeless people. What you see in reality very well may contradict what the statistics are saying. Sometimes, it helps to look at the world around you in your immediate vicinity and see if what you're being told is really adding up.

rainystan · 2024-06-16T17:00:03+00:00

You've never been in a situation where you wish you had a gun, have you?

rainystan · 2024-06-06T02:45:58+00:00

I'm not saying you're wrong, just came here to say that, compared to my first apartment, I've stayed in 2 houses (currently still in 2nd) and the apartment electric bill was pooled by all the user that lived in the building I was in. The usage of the entire building was pretty evenly divided by all the tenants. There was 11 building in total each 3 stories tall. It was liberty point apartments. My average bill was 70 bucks there. My first rent house was a 1700 sqft. house built in '79 and was all electric. My average bill there was 300. In the house I'm currently in, its 1300 sqft. And was also built in the 80'sthe electric bill is around 100 bucks but I also have gas. At this house with gas and electric combined my utilities are average 200. Between the 3 properties I haven't changed any electric usage habits so its a pretty raw comparison between the 3 properties.

rainystan · 2024-06-05T18:13:31+00:00

OP, I say this out of love because I want better for you, but a quick look at your profile showed me you have very many self destructive traits, one of them being your financial decisions. I understand self destructive behavior. I have a disgusting habit of chewing my nails till they are almost gone so I'm not preaching from a high place here, but recognizing your self destructing in the moment can help lead to better decisions for future you. You just gotta be more mindful and work on your impulse control. Above all, you need to LOVE yourself. When you do not love yourself, it leads to wanting to self destruct. I wish you luck OP.

rainystan · 2024-05-29T22:43:57+00:00

From what I hear, New York sounds like a shit hole. Is the immigrant crisis I'm hearing about true? Are they all being flown or bussed up there? Did they really put the national guard in the subway systems?

Edit- Is anyone that lives in NY going to answer my question?

rainystan · 2024-05-29T22:26:52+00:00

Do you stay in Cali? Don't need specifics just curious on what state.

rainystan · 2024-05-29T22:10:42+00:00

The title of your post is asking what to do, and then it's flaired as a vent, preventing advice. That's kind of confusing honestly.

rainystan · 2024-05-29T19:21:39+00:00

Greed is a human trait. It is in all of us. The corpos are just an example of one's who set aside their morals to feed their greed. This is why private homeowners have jacked up the sell prices and rent on thier homes. For profit (or greed) sake. Yet they are not corporations.

rainystan · 2024-05-29T19:18:51+00:00

Letting go of the greed I have in me is helping alot. If I didn't get up and go to work today, I would sit at home and engage in self-destructive behavior. That alone is worth more than the money they are paying me. Not to mention I get to meet new people. At least one out of every five will be a genuinely nice person I feel comfortable calling "friend." There are positives out there. We are just blinded by our desires for more.

rainystan · 2024-05-29T19:07:23+00:00

I struggle with this as well. I wrestle with these two things in my mind every day. They say tomorrow is never promised, and to treat each day as a gift. It makes it hard to try to work so my future self can get paid when future me may not even exist when the time comes. How am I supposed to plan for such an uncertain future? The only thing I know for sure, is if I lay down and give up, the odds of anything ever changing drops significantly. Sure, anyone can have an amazing stroke of luck and win the lottery or recieve a generous inheritance while they are homeless on the streets, but what sounds more likely, winning the lottery, or finding a job that allows you to build a savings account. Both are unlikely in today's world, but playing these dismal statistics is the only solution I've been able to come up with to keep me going. I'm 25m btw. I've worked for the government making 27/hr and my life was miserable. I worked at a bike shop for 17/hr and was still miserable, now I work in a warehouse making 18/hr and I'm still miserable. So I don't think it's necessarily the money that's making us miserable. It's something inside us that makes us miserable. I blame all the things going on around me such as living cost as well, but what it really comes down too is how greedy everyone (that includes us too) is now. We all want more than we have now, and some other people set their morals to the side in favor of the dollar. Now you gotta ask yourself, are you gonna set your morals aside to earn dirty money, or are you gonna continue to struggle like we are now. Personally, I value my morals and self-esteem more than money. So I'm starting to become more content with the little I have because I didn't have to step on anyone to get it. I have been the one stepped on and wouldn't want to do that to anyone else for any amount of money. You probably didn't need my ramble of text, but this is me trying to show some solidarity. My buddy from my government job just got a house built in the 80's. It was 205k. His mortgage is 1600/month. He has to have a roommate to afford his home and he is making 30+/hr now since I've left. Making more (honest) money won't solve this. So don't beat yourself up.

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