Mine has 3597xx with the original head gasket... but it's been well taken care off...
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Excellent. My Cruiser also has been well taken care of and I've had it for 21 of its 24 years. My original head gasket lasted for 316K miles and oddly enough 'let go' during a coolant flush of the engine. Lucky me.
I just heard someone else say fi you're not carful the HG can pop during a compression test or coolant flush.. doesn't seem like it'd be a common occurrence but I figured maybe it can get a little hot while being burped?
If done right, it shouldn’t. With my scanner during burping, system first filled slowly through upper rad hose & rad filled as well, it takes quite a while to get to operating temp. I only get a little more in the system during the process, and have barely had to top off after buttoning up & driving a couple days. But, lots of people do lots of things that could end up differently, YMMV