Just doing some routine maintenance on the Cruisers got to the 100 series. As I was underneath it grease in the Drive Lines I noticed that the passenger side rear head gasket was leaking. Did a search on the form didn't see anything so I was just wondering what you guys thought.
03 external head gasket leak
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I just found the same thing on my 05. Looks like it's leaking at the back of the passenger side head? I had a mild panic attack before tracing the leak to the front of the engine at the water bypass line. Looks like it's leaking just behind where the thermostat housing is mounted and running to the rear of the engine along the head gasket. I think I'll need to remove the intake manifold to sort it out. If you don't have any other signs of a blown head gasket, you may have a similar issue. At least that's what I hope it is...
In case you haven't seen them, these threads are helpful in seeing what else is going on above that leak point:
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