Had the same problem, broke that little piece into two. The seat has been sitting in the garage for a while now because of it so I'm gonna keep an eye on this thread for answers
If the pressure is strong enough to forcefully blast coolant out of the radiator when idling, I don't recommend putting the cap on. That's how I wound up with blown radiator seals in addition to a failed HG.
So I messed around with it this morning, and realized my DS turn signal was out too. This lead me to beleive it was a pinch of some sort in there. While I was taking the headlights off to check everything out, I noticed the small ground wire next to the battery was spinning as if it was loose. I...
While I was putting everything back together I replaced both the radiator and the AC condenser + dryer, so the headlights were removed and moved around for a while. It's very possible I could have damaged something during that process without realizing. I'll try running a volt meter on the...
I just recently finished up a head gasket job on my '97 1FZ-FE. It's all flushed out now and running great, however, every time I try to switch the headlights on, the engine immediately dies, no matter what RPMS it had been running at. It won't start back up until I flip the switch off again...
Thanks for the quick responses guys. What do you mean when you say the "lash"? When you're talking about having the head straightened out that means something other than just having the surface that sits on the block corrected right?
I know this is long but bear with me...
I'm in the middle of a head gasket job on my 1997 and I have a couple questions now that I've pulled the head. It's currently sitting in a machine shop, dipped and clean, awaiting further instruction on where to go from here.
1. Is there a maximum amount...