What is this in front of the starter 2006 V8 4Runner

What is this thing in front of the starter?







Here is a picture of it removed with the part number.







Just a heads up to anyone thinking about removing the starter on one of these, what you see is only the begining. This is where the difficult part starts. I was successful, it was not fun.

Reply 1 : What is this in front of the starter 2006 V8 4Runner

Thanks for sharing looks like a nightmare indeed. Good Luck please keep posting pictures.

Reply 2 : What is this in front of the starter 2006 V8 4Runner

That's an air pump designed to cool the poorly engineered starter placement.



Toyota cleverly calls it an intake emissions pump. It retails for about $1100.00 US. and is also used on some Lexus engines.



http://www.toyotapartszone.com/oem/t...610-0C010.html