View Poll Results: What Head Gasket Issues Have You Had With Your 3VZE?
Never had any head gasket issues
92
38.17%
Only original head gasket recall accomplished
82
34.02%
Had 1 head gasket replaced outside the recall
53
21.99%
Had 2 head gaskets replaced outside the recall
10
4.15%
Had 3 or more head gaskets replaced outside the recall
4
1.66%
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Who Has NOT Had HG Issues With 3VZE?
01-07-2011, 08:50 AM
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The original headgasket recall was done on my 92 4Runner in 1998 with around 90K miles on it. I bought the truck with 169K with a blown head gasket as a fix-it-up and resell project. just finished the work and am slowly falling in love with this thing and don't want to sell it!
01-11-2011, 02:00 PM
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No headgasket issues since i've had it.
but i see markings on the heads and block that indicate they've been to a shop before.....so sadly mines blown atleast once
but i see markings on the heads and block that indicate they've been to a shop before.....so sadly mines blown atleast once
01-12-2011, 04:06 PM
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01-13-2011, 09:46 AM
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I haven't yet... Granted the pervious owner took it in for the HG recall around 60,000 miles... I bought it at 107,000 and its now around 160,000 miles... No issues as of yet (knock on wood)
01-13-2011, 10:18 PM
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My truck has never hda the HG done and teh original engine made it to 333,000 before it blew a plug out of the number 3 cylinder and it survied a few thousand miles of me beating on it with a shift rarely under 4200 rpm and frequently to 5000 plus.
Then I swapped a rebuilt engine in and it now has about 8 thousand on the rebuilt engine and it sees the same abuse and it leaks oil somewhere so its frequently low on oil,still rarely sees shifts under 4200 and more frequently sees redline because it sounds cooler tacked out. And I overheated it badly jonce when I got a pinhole in my radiator and it sprayed all the coolant out.
Then I swapped a rebuilt engine in and it now has about 8 thousand on the rebuilt engine and it sees the same abuse and it leaks oil somewhere so its frequently low on oil,still rarely sees shifts under 4200 and more frequently sees redline because it sounds cooler tacked out. And I overheated it badly jonce when I got a pinhole in my radiator and it sprayed all the coolant out.
01-21-2011, 04:31 PM
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i havent seen what my head gasket looks like yet lol...for three monthes i had a leaking water pump and over heated quite frequently, i've run the engine for 2 monthes everyday on a liter or 2 of oil on accident, and many other mean nasty things to it and im at 341 xxxk...im thinking the PO did the HG before me or im just ˟˟˟˟˟in horse shoes
01-22-2011, 04:31 PM
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My truck had had the hg replaced before I got it, and were blown when I got it, at 180,000. So twice so far I know of. I have looked this problem over and over. The conclusion I came to is toyota had received a shipment of bad head gaskets "substandard" is the word they used. I guess the gaskets themselves are blowing no matter what. Anyone can blow a gasket after a overheat thats common sense. But the original reason some of them blew and were recalled is the gaskets were junk. Then some people replaced the gaskets and never planed the heads, subject to another blown hg. This issue makes it hard to buy a used motor also, I would hate to pay 750 for one and its leaking and needs 400 put into it.
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