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Toyota's failed parts...coolant pipe and gasket.

Discussion in '4 Cylinder' started by 2.7taco, May 14, 2016.

  1. May 14, 2016 at 3:47 PM
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    2.7taco

    2.7taco [OP] Well-Known Member

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    2005 Tan Tacoma Base 5 LUG: Beaten , abused and still running strong.
    Fat Bobs 2.75 lift and level with short AAL, 16x8 Level 8 Guardian Wheels, 245/75R16 Toyo Open Country ATII, custom trans shift kit(home made), Trans temp. and Vac gauge, URD fuel pump upgrade(going back to stock soon).
    Well guys wasted an entire day going after the coolant leak. After wasting an entire day disassembling cleaning and repairing the truck with the new updated parts I find out my truck leaks worse than before with the new parts.
    The metallic gasket failed to seal and is torqued to spec. Coolant poured out on the ground and of course I wasted an entire day. The weather has also turned for the worst and I may not have another opportunity to repair the leak with some gasket papers or a form of RTV.
    What bugs me the most is the fact Toyota themselves uses a metallic gasket that even when fully torqued leaks. What kind of superseded parts are those if they fail to repair the failure.

    Has anyone else had this problem?
     
  2. May 15, 2016 at 1:47 PM
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    2.7taco

    2.7taco [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Fat Bobs 2.75 lift and level with short AAL, 16x8 Level 8 Guardian Wheels, 245/75R16 Toyo Open Country ATII, custom trans shift kit(home made), Trans temp. and Vac gauge, URD fuel pump upgrade(going back to stock soon).
    Well the first gasket was defective the second seems okay so far.
     
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  3. May 17, 2016 at 6:08 PM
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    2.7taco

    2.7taco [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Fat Bobs 2.75 lift and level with short AAL, 16x8 Level 8 Guardian Wheels, 245/75R16 Toyo Open Country ATII, custom trans shift kit(home made), Trans temp. and Vac gauge, URD fuel pump upgrade(going back to stock soon).
    Update. Bypass pipe sold to me was incorrect. Still weeping.
     
  4. May 17, 2016 at 7:24 PM
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    2.7taco

    2.7taco [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Fat Bobs 2.75 lift and level with short AAL, 16x8 Level 8 Guardian Wheels, 245/75R16 Toyo Open Country ATII, custom trans shift kit(home made), Trans temp. and Vac gauge, URD fuel pump upgrade(going back to stock soon).

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