New Engine 145,000 miles

Blak Shinobi · Nov 27, 2023

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You can hurry up and eat your popcorn, shows over lol

MGMDesertTaco · Nov 27, 2023

Blak Shinobi · Nov 27, 2023

MGMDesertTaco said: ↑

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Empty_Lord · Nov 27, 2023

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Head gasket corroded half way through at 100k….? Not sure if I buy that
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News to me. Corrosion jacking happens on the 2gr in siennas a bit. But it turns into an external leak. This is a new one.

Trouble_The_Tacoma · Nov 27, 2023

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Get Toyota corporate involved? It's a 2017 with 145k miles. Toyota ain't doing sh!t about that
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You'd first have to prove it was Toyota's fault.

mfalbojr[OP] said: ↑

Ok guys, got the truck back today. Wanted to clear a few things up and share something the tech told me. First, I follow the maintenance schedule, I changed my radiator fluid at 100k, actually a couple of hundred miles before. I did not drive the vehicle to the dealership hot when it overheated on the highway, I pulled over and let it cool before proceeding to the dealership. Luckily, I could see the dealership from where I was so I didn't have to go far. I talked to the tech that installed the new engine today and asked him what might have caused this. He said that he knows the manual says 100k on the antifreeze, but by 100k the head gasket is already corroded about half way through. He recommended 50 or 60k intervals. Don't know how true this is , don't have anything except what a Toyota tech told me in the parking lot when he saw me and volunteered this info. I have a new engine now and will be driving this truck for at least another 150k before getting rid of it. I really don't care what you would of done if this was your truck, a new engine is what I did. I do think it was repairable, but none of the shops I got quotes from were willing to go that way. In the end, I have my truck back and don't have to drive that dam Highlander that Toyota loaned to me anymore.
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Glad to see you got your truck back, sorry it cost you an arm and a leg.

This story is exactly why I change ALL my fluids early.

RustyGreen · Nov 27, 2023

mfalbojr[OP] said: ↑

Ok guys, got the truck back today. Wanted to clear a few things up and share something the tech told me. First, I follow the maintenance schedule, I changed my radiator fluid at 100k, actually a couple of hundred miles before. I did not drive the vehicle to the dealership hot when it overheated on the highway, I pulled over and let it cool before proceeding to the dealership. Luckily, I could see the dealership from where I was so I didn't have to go far. I talked to the tech that installed the new engine today and asked him what might have caused this. He said that he knows the manual says 100k on the antifreeze, but by 100k the head gasket is already corroded about half way through. He recommended 50 or 60k intervals. Don't know how true this is , don't have anything except what a Toyota tech told me in the parking lot when he saw me and volunteered this info. I have a new engine now and will be driving this truck for at least another 150k before getting rid of it. I really don't care what you would of done if this was your truck, a new engine is what I did. I do think it was repairable, but none of the shops I got quotes from were willing to go that way. In the end, I have my truck back and don't have to drive that dam Highlander that Toyota loaned to me anymore.
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I'm glad you got your truck back, sorry for the cost of the repair.

I don't know if the tech is on point or not however I do know that the antifreeze is the only thing protecting the head gaskets.

Antifreeze (even Toyota branded) is fairly cheap compared to head gaskets and the Tacoma is very easy to change it out, I did mine at 50K.

Brucey · Nov 27, 2023

jmauvais said: ↑

Head gasket corroded half way through at 100k….? Not sure if I buy that
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Sounds like toyota tech BS to me. If that was true then the head gasket would failed on all tacoma at 150k.

4x4spiegel · Nov 27, 2023

did they offer you the old engine ?

maxmk8 · Nov 27, 2023

mfalbojr[OP] said: ↑

Ok guys, got the truck back today. Wanted to clear a few things up and share something the tech told me. First, I follow the maintenance schedule, I changed my radiator fluid at 100k, actually a couple of hundred miles before. I did not drive the vehicle to the dealership hot when it overheated on the highway, I pulled over and let it cool before proceeding to the dealership. Luckily, I could see the dealership from where I was so I didn't have to go far. I talked to the tech that installed the new engine today and asked him what might have caused this. He said that he knows the manual says 100k on the antifreeze, but by 100k the head gasket is already corroded about half way through. He recommended 50 or 60k intervals. Don't know how true this is , don't have anything except what a Toyota tech told me in the parking lot when he saw me and volunteered this info. I have a new engine now and will be driving this truck for at least another 150k before getting rid of it. I really don't care what you would of done if this was your truck, a new engine is what I did. I do think it was repairable, but none of the shops I got quotes from were willing to go that way. In the end, I have my truck back and don't have to drive that dam Highlander that Toyota loaned to me anymore.
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Thanks for checking in. So the final bill was 18k?

Ziggy16 · Nov 27, 2023

Seems expensive. Sorry

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