2015 Tacoma Head gasket failure

And the trucks broke again… 2015 Tacoma with 185,000km. Head gaskets leaking coolant…
Friday night I just got the Hewitt tech bypass kit in when I noticed I had a coolant leak which I thought was out of the freeze plug… wrong…. Seems as though it’s passage side head gasket.. now the coolant level was low in the res but I couldn’t tell you how long it’s been low for.
has anyone had minor seepage out of the head gasket or is that even a thing? It looked like dried coolant and nothing was wet.

I’m trying to convince myself it’s not an issue, but it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve lied to myself! lol

 

External HG leaks seem to be relatively common on the later 4.0s, if you aren't showing signs of an internal leak and aren't having to add coolant I'd monitor it and let it run till it gets worse.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2nd-gen-external-head-gasket-leak.832899/

 

Well that’s some good news to hear! I’ll
Keep an eye on the coolant levels a little
Closer. Hopefully it’s nothing and with no signs I’ll just keep driving it. I had an 04 Tacoma regular cab with 400k km. Some days I wonder why I sold it…

 

Slap a new radiator into it or at least back flush that thing from the engine side out.