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Old 05-09-2008, 11:34 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JackKnife View Post
They last 100s of 1000s of miles. I think the 3.0 get a bad rap. I have had very few problems with mine. I don't see why people think changing a headgasket would be a big deal. I've changed many headgaskets for friends with 22Rs, but none of them complain that the 22R is crap because it blew a head gasket.
Its cause the 22RE head gasket is easy to change. There's tonnes of room to work and not too many bolts to remove.
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Originally Posted by DaveInDenver View Post
Yeah, I do think it's sort of funny. Can't you see a roomful of Toyota engineers looking at a relay rod, scratching their heads and saying 'Hmmm, this part wore out after 200,000 miles and 16 years, this is just unacceptable.'

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