Recent content by cofeecat

Thank you for the pictures of what to look out for! As I previously mentioned; I'm only here for another week or so (in the states) so I decided to have Toyota do the job instead of tackling it myself and taking up space potentially for months in my family garage. The quote for a head gasket job...

Yes I made sure the giggle valve is positioned at 12 o'clock. Even double checked after I put the housing back on. Looks like I do have a bad head gasket. I ran the engine for about a minute while continuously pumping on the block tester and it did eventually turn slightly yellow. The leak is...

Another update! I installed the new radiator, main lines and thermostat + gasket (everything OEM); and all went well. Filled up on the Toyota coolant, burped the system as well as I could before even starting it up and then with a no spill funnel, I let the car warm up to running temp without...

Thanks everyone for the encouraging words and input! I have an update: Mishimoto rad came in, opened the box a few days after it arrived since the new radiator hoses took a little longer than the radiator to arrive. The radiator fins were about 10% damaged. Not too bad, could have bent them back...

Hello everyone! This is my first post here after years of lurking and learning from this forum. I wish it was all good news but currently the only good news I have is that I finally have a 100 series! Last week after countless searches on classifieds, bids on BAT, pointless facebook messages and...