I want to compare the head gasket that I can find locally here in Peru with the upgraded OEM head gasket.
Unfortunately Toyota doesn't carry it and don't really want to wait a month to get the part shipped from USA if I don't have to.
Oh yeah, the head gasket slowly surrendered while on what was going to be a long road trip in Chile. Had to turn around and cut the trip a week short when the head gasket started leaking pressure into the coolant system. We limped home 500 miles with the radiator cap on loosely to bleed out the building pressure, blew the top radiator hose off twice due to the pressure before leaving the cap on loose and checking fluid every half hour.
Best decision I made was to put on an after-market temp gauge before the trip, this gave me a heads up something was wrong. The factory gauge never moved even when the aftermarket showed temps rising.
Good news, no oil - water mixing, seems to be just pressure entering the cooling system. I think the problem had been happening for a while, but the old leaking radiator was masking the HG issue, new radiator installed before the trip revealed the problem.
Based on the photos of the new HG I have found, what do you guys think??
Unfortunately Toyota doesn't carry it and don't really want to wait a month to get the part shipped from USA if I don't have to.
Oh yeah, the head gasket slowly surrendered while on what was going to be a long road trip in Chile. Had to turn around and cut the trip a week short when the head gasket started leaking pressure into the coolant system. We limped home 500 miles with the radiator cap on loosely to bleed out the building pressure, blew the top radiator hose off twice due to the pressure before leaving the cap on loose and checking fluid every half hour.
Best decision I made was to put on an after-market temp gauge before the trip, this gave me a heads up something was wrong. The factory gauge never moved even when the aftermarket showed temps rising.
Good news, no oil - water mixing, seems to be just pressure entering the cooling system. I think the problem had been happening for a while, but the old leaking radiator was masking the HG issue, new radiator installed before the trip revealed the problem.
Based on the photos of the new HG I have found, what do you guys think??