blown head gasket

Hey guys, anyone know of a good toyota/mechanic in the northern California area?

So I picked up my 2010 GX460 at the long term airport parking lot last nite in the rain, fog and darkness. I drove the 55 miles back to my house and the last 12 or so miles and noticed what I thought was mud and water coming out from my rear wheels . As I got to lights of my small town I saw...

Today was a long day.. she left me stranded at the gas station. Wouldn't start or jump but finally got it to jumpstart and drive home. Replaced the fusible link and was gearing up to do the starter but decided to make sure the fusible link install was ok so fired her up. She started (still think...

Hey all! I’ve confirmed and reconfirmed that the HG is blown on my LC. The beast was hauling 2k pounds up a desert mountain at 80mph, blew the top of the stock radiator, and is now pressurizing the cooling system with combustion. Before realizing it was HG, I dumped a few bucks in with the...

I can't believe I'm posting another catastrophic failure thread, but...here I am. For those not in the know, I recently had an inexplicable H55f failure, remedied by a new unit built by @cruisermatt, which due to the freight company (YRC Freight)'s careless treatment, took two tries over two+...

Hey fellas. I have a 1996 LX450 and I noticed a had to add a tiny bit of coolant over the past 1000 miles. I couldn't find any leaking hoses, and as far as I can tell it has been running fine. I performed a leak down test on each cylinder followed by a compression test. I did the leak down...

She needs open heart surgery and I’m gathering all info available! I was driving up a desert hill on I10 into CA pulling a uhaul trailer (1,500 lbs?) while mashing the throttle trying to keep speed at 80(a very stupid combination and I deserve the 20+ hours of grueling labor coming my way..)...

Hello all! This is my first day, first post on this forum and unfortunately it's a sad one. I confirmed yesterday my 1978 FJ40 has a blown head gasket and to be honest I came here with the intention on posting in the classifieds to sell it. Like many forums you can't do that with your first...

I'll start this with, I'm still not sure I want to delete EGR, mostly because after I rebuild my engine from a cylinder 6 head gasket failure, I have to pass emissions ONE MORE time in Georgia before the truck is 25 years old and no longer requires emissions. I just don't want the extra headache...

My 80 blew it's HG yesterday on the highway - looks like just #1 - I got it turned off before the temp gauge got to red... I don't have the money to fix it right now and before I let it sit, curious what it would be worth as it sits. Just over 200k miles, no rust, and lockers. Cloth interior in...

I just bough a 1997 Land Cruiser with 140k miles. The head gasket blew 2.5 years ago and has been sitting ever since. I drained the oil the other day and the oil wasn't all that brown and milkshakey, however there was coolant in the oil. I got about 12 quarts of oil/coolant out when I pulled the...

I just bought a 2001 LC with 201k miles that has a blown head gasket. I have replaced a few head gaskets before on various makes and models of cars so I was not too scared of buying something that needed some serious work. That and the vast knowledge of members and good threads on this site...

1997 Land Cruiser with recently discovered blown head gasket at 225,000 miles. Still runs just fine, and no overheating (yet), but had my shop locally test and found gasket blown at cylinder #1 after engine was running rough and check engine light came on. They do good work, but $120/hr shop...