Hello IH8MUD.
I am new to the site, but have been working on Toyota's for years. Mostly up-armored Landcruiser's and Hi-Lux's overseas. This year I sold my Taco and bought two cruiser's. A 100 Series, that I daily, and an 80 series for an overlanding rig. I got both for 5k.
When I bought the 80 Series, the PO told me that it was "eating coolant". There is water in the exhaust and a mixture of oil and water on the top of the oil cap. No overheating. Rough idle. The coolant needs to be topped off every couple of weeks, indicating that the internal coolant leak is small. I have started to take the head off. I am hoping to find that it is the head gasket that is blown, and not a crack in the head or block.
I wanted to document this project because there does not seem to be a lot of threads or videos on doing a head gasket on the 3FE. Many of the posts I have seen, seem to end in a cracked block/head. Such as Rush's thread: 3FE Head Gasket - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/3fe-head-gasket.1161924/ Head gasket will be the best case scenario since 3fe blocks are hard to come by.
Stay Tuned
I am new to the site, but have been working on Toyota's for years. Mostly up-armored Landcruiser's and Hi-Lux's overseas. This year I sold my Taco and bought two cruiser's. A 100 Series, that I daily, and an 80 series for an overlanding rig. I got both for 5k.
When I bought the 80 Series, the PO told me that it was "eating coolant". There is water in the exhaust and a mixture of oil and water on the top of the oil cap. No overheating. Rough idle. The coolant needs to be topped off every couple of weeks, indicating that the internal coolant leak is small. I have started to take the head off. I am hoping to find that it is the head gasket that is blown, and not a crack in the head or block.
I wanted to document this project because there does not seem to be a lot of threads or videos on doing a head gasket on the 3FE. Many of the posts I have seen, seem to end in a cracked block/head. Such as Rush's thread: 3FE Head Gasket - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/3fe-head-gasket.1161924/ Head gasket will be the best case scenario since 3fe blocks are hard to come by.
Stay Tuned