So I started having a random idle problem on my 02 SC and I chased it down to a vacuum hose that split under the engine cover. It turned out that the idle up hose No.3 had turned to rock and split at the top of the intake.

At the time I seriously considered getting a union and replacing the split section of the hose but I figured I should quit being so cheap and buy a new OEM hose. I mean how much can they get for a simple vacuum hose?

Needless to say, I was shocked when I was seeing prices north of $65 for this part. It is just a simple pre bent vacuum hose

I started searching the web and I found that of all places, Amazon offers some OEM Parts and they were around $20 less than the best price I could find anywhere and it included free shipping.

It wasn't stocked in the states but a company in Japan, Japan Fast, Fed Ex'd it from Japan and it came in in about 5 days.

In case your wondering, the hose is a Toyota 17343-50070 and it is a pain to change. You have to pull the air box and then you will find that the the Idle up valve is like and inch and a half from the frame rail. It took be like an hour and a half and every stupid hose tool that I had just to change this one hose.

In hindsight, I probably should have just installed a union and a short section of new hose. :-p

 

bobester

MegaZip - Genuine OEM Parts From Japan, USA, UAE | Online Store

Is also a very good source of OEM parts.

Dennis

 

replace all of them, if you find one, you will have more.
I just used hoses from Amazon and they held up fine…of course OEM is always best

 

This is the first time that I heard of MegaZip and I will compare them in the future.

When used the part number for the OEM hose I got from Amazon, they were actually more expensive.
They had a 10% off coupon but that only took $4. off the part, the shipping is what pushed the price out of range.

I didn't look to see if there was any other coupon or other deal going on that might have made them cheaper.

 

The downside of Megazip is shipping time and cost.

They do sales throughout the year, so put your wishlist together and be ready to pull the trigger.

Get on their mailing list so you will know when the sales are on.

 

Megazip is cheaper only if buying many items together otherwise I found their price with shipping is almost the same as buying it from Lexus dealership.
There is another Japanese website amayama.com I found that also sells parts cheaper even with shipping, and the good thing is that they tell you the shipping cost for each parts when I am viewing it and also the estimated delivery date. The down side is it takes a long time to deliver the parts.