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If you have time, might as well wait until it all drains into the oil pan. After all, any fluid that sat above the piston didn't make it down to...
Easy to turn by hand, most of the resistance will be from the valve springs. If the timing chain has been removed, it really spins like a sewing...
I'll simplify the question: The only places where coolant can enter oil are: 1) Head gasket 2) Timing chain cover (RTV seal or damaged cover)....
Tons of people around you in traffic are running a 10+ year old belts without a worry in the world. April 2024? You”ll be fine. Maybe ignore this...
Just to be 100% sure, the only places where coolant could enter oil are: 1) Head gasket to the 3 oil return channels in the block. 2) Head...
(Not after the head gasket failed, only after my repair failed).
Eh, I made a dumb joke earlier and didn't realize that apparently edit is available for only a limited time?
Ever had or seen a cracked Gen 2 head? A cracked Gen 2 block? If yes, where was the crack located? Any ideas on the cause? Thanks!
if there an app/website that lets you locate parts in junk/recycling yards over there?
Thanks, I had no idea Toyota DOT 3 brake fluid MSRP is only $4.31 for 12oz here in the US appraently: (I would have guessd around $9.95). Brake...
BTW, I talked to an old friend of mine who owns a repair shop (after my failure) and he said that when they do a head gasket on any car, they get...
Of course all talk about engine is premature unless the 2nd head gasket also leaks after I get the head resurfaced. BTW, I think that someone...
1. I was asking for educated "guesses" on how common cracked heads and cracked blocks are on Gen 2... As stated previously, when the engine is not...
The block does not have last x digits of VIN, right? So no true way to verify a "Only 49k miles" story about a used engine.
I didn't have any overheating that I was aware of during the 60k miles I have had it. The only unusual thing I did have was intermittent misfire...
where do people usually source the kit? Seems like rockauto does not sell a complete kit, or maybe I'm just blind again. About how much $ is a...
I did the balloon test, Trojan Magnum, on both the radiator cap opening and the overfill tank opening, and no pressure at all leaking to the...
I forgot to mention, check out their battery conditioning rig at around 4:30.
Significant shrinkage?
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