777Gage
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There are no cork OEM thermostat gaskets.
None.
Have you thought about going to a Toyota dealership and buying the correct part? (Which happens to be 90430-40058 for your 2 bolt thermostat housing)
Thanks for your insight Onur, always appreciate it!
Agree with you 100%, I didn't think there was a cork OEM gasket - then a cork gasket showed up in the mail, invoice marked OEM......
I did go the dealership route, but I'll explain what happened
Called Cruiser Outfitters first because of my previous order that included the Aisin thermostat above. They could ship me a correct gasket Monday - but it would be a Wed/Thurs delivery at the earliest. So they sent it out. (turned out to be cork - who knew?)
As soon as I got of the phone with CO I called my local dealership, they didn't have the 90430-40058 gasket in stock and according to their "warehouse" there was only one available, and it was 72 hours to get it. I wasn't too confident that the "one" existed or would be there when they placed my order or would it show up in 3 days.
So I called SOR, they had a gasket in stock, (post #11 above) drove the 40 min round trip, and installed it as soon as I got home.
I've driven it about 25 miles so far, and all is well!