My girlfriend bought a 71 FJ40 with a supposedly rebuilt 1F in it. We drove it back to Oregon from Boise ID on 33's on the highway.
It runs a little hot, has an exhaust leak, but feels strong. When you shut her down, it diesels, or detonates, kind of chokes, grumbles and finally shuts down. Is that due to running hot? On the way back, had to add coolant every 100 miles due to boil over. I was thinking either a head gasket or the thermostat. Don't really care all that much as were swapping in a 3B H55F/splitcase from my rusted out BJ, just want to know whats up so I can tell the guy who wants the engine.
It runs a little hot, has an exhaust leak, but feels strong. When you shut her down, it diesels, or detonates, kind of chokes, grumbles and finally shuts down. Is that due to running hot? On the way back, had to add coolant every 100 miles due to boil over. I was thinking either a head gasket or the thermostat. Don't really care all that much as were swapping in a 3B H55F/splitcase from my rusted out BJ, just want to know whats up so I can tell the guy who wants the engine.