mikerophone

Hey YT, long time browser, first time poster.

My trucks have been so reliable and I am pretty good with the search function so Ive never needed to create an account or post until now. Good thing I guess…

The 3.Slow in my 95 finally blew last week. My lady called me and said there was a HUGE white cloud of smoke following her home after dropping our daughter off at school. Has only been pulled around the side of the house since then, and sure enough, it's puking red out of the tailpipe pretty badly.

I will likely be saving the cash for a 3.4 swap in the next year or so , but MIGHT do the HG and possibly put this motor in my 91 at some point, so I'd like to hear tips for best storage to hopefully save the lower half. I also have a bad block that I got for cheap from a lady that wasn't so good about getting the oil changed, so I have some spare parts for the 3VZE too.

In the meantime, onto my question - do I park, drain the coolant and leave it empty, or refill with distilled water or? I just changed the oil and tuned it up with new plugs/wires and air filter to pass IM.

Should I squirt some oil down the spark plug holes and crank it over (by hand?) to wet and lube the cylinder walls to help prevent rust?

There is no coolant in the oil so I am hoping that it just blew the gasket back by the crossover in a water jacket but I won't know until I pull it sometime in the next year when I find a 3.4 donor.

Any help or tips appreciated and I'll surely be reading up over the next year or so on the 3.4 swap because I love this truck. It's my 4th 4Runner, my first was the 86 showroom model 22TRE with the digital dash and power everything. I'd love to find another one day and restore it. Miss that truck for sure.

Marc

I'd drain the coolant just so it doesn't freeze if it's not strong enough.
Also I'd pull the plugs and put some oil or fogging oil in and turn it over.

If you are Absolutely sure there is no coolant in the oil I would then park it.
If you think there might be some coolant in there I'd do an oil change and turn it over enough to circulate fresh oil everywhere.

wyoming9

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Over the winter no big deal drain the coolant call it good

Run it long enough to purge the fuel out of the system or not

mikerophone

Thanks Marc - I'll pull it around to it's resting place for the winter and possibly beyond and double/triple check the oil but there's no sign of moisture in there at all right now.

Sucks, I just filled the tank too!

Marc

Put some fuel stabilizer in the tank and rock the a truck bit to distribute it.
You can always siphon it out at a later date and use it in something else.

You don't really have to fog it for just over the winter but if it ends up being a few years (stuff happens) you'll be glad you did.

mikerophone

Good old Stabil. Use it every winter in my bikes.

And you never know how long it might really end up being stored, think I'll fog it just in case. Thanks again Marc!