Death of a 3UR

[liv2bike]

Count me in. Rather confident I’m the newest member of this elite club. If I’m being completely honest and my engine is toast, there will be a non-running 200 for sale soon. I say this now not knowing full extent of the internal damage. But if it’s done, I’m struggling to justify dumping $10-$15k into a used engine plus all of the unknowns as experienced in this situation. Haven’t fully realized full extent of my situation but it’s not looking very good.

 

[sleepycruiser]

Count me in. Rather confident I’m the newest member of this elite club. If I’m being completely honest and my engine is toast, there will be a non-running 200 for sale soon. I say this now not knowing full extent of the internal damage. But if it’s done, I’m struggling to justify dumping $10-$15k into a used engine plus all of the unknowns as experienced in this situation. Haven’t fully realized full extent of my situation but it’s not looking very good.

What is going on? Symptoms? Issues?

 

[liv2bike]

Here’s how it started…

P0335…to a bent valve (update...and it's not good…but it’s getting better...She's ALIVE!)

I did a search. Didn’t come with much. So dash lit up. CEL, VSC, etc. Wont start. Starter clicks but that’s it. Cleared the code. No start condition. Starter just clicks. Could it be starter or will this code disable the truck? Thanks in advance. Guy

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2008 with 165k miles. Meticulous maintenance. Never a hiccup.

Plug in C7 was smacked. Planned borescope Monday. Drop oil pan. Go from there.

Teton Toyota has been great so far. They’re my only option here in Idaho Falls. However they’ve never seen this (I get that). Super rare. I don’t think they’ve ever engine swapped a 200.

Engaging Overland Cruisers in Bozeman on Monday once I have more data points for Stephen.

 

[linuxgod]

Here’s how it started…

P0335…to a bent valve (update...and it's not good…but it’s getting better...She's ALIVE!)

I did a search. Didn’t come with much. So dash lit up. CEL, VSC, etc. Wont start. Starter clicks but that’s it. Cleared the code. No start condition. Starter just clicks. Could it be starter or will this code disable the truck? Thanks in advance. Guy

forum.ih8mud.com

2008 with 165k miles. Meticulous maintenance. Never a hiccup.

Plug in C7 was smacked. Planned borescope Monday. Drop oil pan. Go from there.

Teton Toyota has been great so far. They’re my only option here in Idaho Falls. However they’ve never seen this (I get that). Super rare. I don’t think they’ve ever engine swapped a 200.

Engaging Overland Cruisers in Bozeman on Monday once I have more data points for Stephen.

You might talk to @cruiseroutfit about options. I'm pretty sure well experienced in 3UR rebuilds at this point. If I had to do a full rebuild I'd seriously consider shipping my truck out to them, and I suspect shipping from IA to UT would be a lot cheaper than IL to UT...

 

[liv2bike]

You might talk to @cruiseroutfit about options. I'm pretty sure well experienced in 3UR rebuilds at this point. If I had to do a full rebuild I'd seriously consider shipping my truck out to them, and I suspect shipping from IA to UT would be a lot cheaper than IL to UT...

Yes. I’m planning on this. I’m in Idaho Falls. SLC is only around 3 hrs south.

 

[NE Snowman]

More and more head gaskets, mostly long intervals on coolant changes.

 

[elkeye]

I can't remember if it was @codyaustin5 or @indycole, but one of them had to do a full replacement a few years ago and may have some perspective to share. They both happen to be fantastic gents.

It was indycole:


Bighorn Toyota in Glenwood Springs, CO installed the motor in 2019.

Builds - indycole's 2016 200 Series Build and Retrospective - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/indycoles-2016-200-series-build-and-retrospective.962762/page-35

"the rough cost of a 40,000 mile motor, full install, and ancillary repairs for this situation is around $15k"