Just bought a 91 and I dont know what something is...HELP
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if it matters im running castrol gtx high mileage in my engine 10w-30.....so is this button thing good bad does it matter....does it mean a bloen head gasket before.....rebuilt engine...anything...thanks for all the help so far!!
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GTX HM is good stuff. i run it in both my rigs. I'm on dialup (well actaully i've hacked AT&T networks but whatever ) so i cant look at pics right now. i'll look when i get off the bus and i'm at home. by button do you mean you can push it in? or is more like a freeze plug.... (i probablly should wait till i see pics before trying to help... lol)
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I'l let other guys chime in on this one though..
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That kinda pissed me off, i had my HG done back in the day, when they came out with that TSB/ Recall, i thought they were actually fixing the heads, or changing them, nope. all you got was a free HG job, maybe a diff type of HG material. But still what a rip off, you take it in an get it when you dont then (in my case) a few years it blows again, and guess what " oh youve already used your free HG card" LOL. sorry to rant...
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I got my HG done by the dealer just a few months ago when i bought my truck. They still offered that and steering rod relay as well. Now thinking about it I wish i would of waited until I blew it. But oh well its done for now and hopefully it will last awhile....if not i guess the 3.4 is going in...what a bummer
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But yeah, thats a temp marker. On my 22RE it's on the side of the block too.
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I got my HG done by the dealer just a few months ago when i bought my truck. They still offered that and steering rod relay as well. Now thinking about it I wish i would of waited until I blew it. But oh well its done for now and hopefully it will last awhile....if not i guess the 3.4 is going in...what a bummer
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Yeah im not a big fan either. Not with toyota but with my girlfriends jetta....the VW dealer was awful...she has a 2006 jetta POS by the way....but her ac vents were bubbling and cracking so we take it in and they tried to tell us that we had the heater on to hot and it was bubbling the plastic and causing it to flake....so we need to lower the heat WTF??? CLOVIS VW sucks
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I talked to the dealer and they told me that they will still cover the HG recall and do it for free. I still do not understand what this temp thing is. Can I have more detail?? Sorry im a newbie at all this. I guess im just a youngin
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If your engine has a warranty on it and you overheated the engine (that would void the warranty), that heat stamp will fall out and they will know that the engine was overheated. You would have to cook the engine pretty good though, as in, tried to destroy it to claim the warranty. Simple overheated engine won't do it, ie, bad water pump.
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Maybe you can try to talk to the dealer you bought it from and see if they know how they got it. Who knows they might know the owner that way you can ask him about it
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...and as far as oil type, I can remove that info if you feel so strongly about it, but it could be worse... I could be advertising the fact that I have Chevy truck and Ford sedan parts in my Runner.
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back on topic: I'm on the fence on when you should take to the dealership for the HG recall. yes it makes sense to wait till it goes, but at the same time, the dealership is less likely to do it the longer you wait.
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