Root cause was loss of coolant and being an idiot to not recognize it in time to shut the motor down immediately. doh! Live and learn, new motor running great!
Just to close this thread out, for those that care, not that anyone does...lol
I ended up having a friend at a local shop source me a used Tundra engine, swap out a few parts, and the 2008 is back in service $10.5k later.
Public service announcement- change those heater T's!
So now have 260K...
I've owned a 2008 LC for about 5 years and currently have 260k miles. Only major issues was a broken valve spring a couple years ago . That was repaired right and the truck is always kept up on maintenance. Other than valve spring and up until 2 weeks ago ran flawless. A few weeks ago she...