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Probably best if you start a new thread with RTH in the subject
The 100 Series is "The Land Cruiser to Buy" (2 Viewers)
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Here's a video he did, discussing why the 200 was going up FS. He spent $13K replacing "all" the potential problem areas, only to have his alternator fail for the second time. There were a couple other issues that came up too. Anyway, he wasn't real impressed with his "bulletproof" Land Cruiser.
Here is a good reason to stay with 100 with a 2UZ engine.
The Car Care Nut just ended the 100 vs. 200 series reliability debate. Soon some 200 owners will be ready to trade their LC/LXs up for our Hundys 
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The Car Care Nut just ended the 100 vs. 200 series reliability debate. Soon some 200 owners will be ready to trade their LC/LXs up for our Hundys
The 2uz is a phenomenal motor but this video is laughable. Straight trash. Is it meant to be a joke?
Since your username has Nissan in it 
, do you happen to know how is the reliability of the recent years' Armada V8? Is it exactly the same as the Nissan patrol V8 sold in rest of the world?
, do you happen to know how is the reliability of the recent years' Armada V8? Is it exactly the same as the Nissan patrol V8 sold in rest of the world?Explain why you think it is trash? It was pretty informative in my opinion. I don’t even have a 200 and it was an enjoyable watchThe 2uz is a phenomenal motor but this video is laughable. Straight trash. Is it meant to be a joke?
Btw, on the technical side, the Car Care Nut mentioned the a few options for the owner to choose from, short block, long block, and mentioned it's very hard to find an engine from the salvage yard. Is there a reason why the Sequoia/Tundra 5.7L cannot be used in the LC? Admittedly, for both 4.7L and 5.7L, there aren't that many Japanese made engines for replacement. But there are soooo many Sequoia/Tundra 4.7/5.7L that can be a lot cheaper option, right?
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He doesn’t say anything about the 100s of thousands of Tundras with the same motor in them. So it’s not a 20k new motor or 1 motor off eBay. There are literally thousands of Tundra’s in salvage yards with the 3ur.
Plus it’s not a huge issue. The 3ur is proven. Again. Look at Tundra.
He seems to act like Tundra didn’t exist with that motor for nearly 15 years. How’s that possible?
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4 years and nearly 100k miles since this happened. Had to pull the intake off at night trail side after hydrolocking. Then drove 1500 miles home before even changing the oil. The chain drivin 3ur isn’t as smooth as the timing belt 2uz but it’s a tough and durable motor.
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Sorry. As the current owner of three 3urs ranging from 200k to 285k I didn’t find it informative in regards to the 3ur. If anything I found it misleading.
Head gaskets are not a common issue with the 3ur anymore than they are with the 2uz.
Just curious what you found informative?
Also it’s confusing that he mentioned the GX several times as having the same motor and it’s never had the 3ur
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Makes sense on how an acidic coolant is the root cause of the overheating > aluminum head and/or aluminum block surface warping.
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CCN had another video with a failed head gasket on a 2uz because of age/acidic coolant I thought.
Lesson being, change your fluids!
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Yes. That is a very misleading video. The 3ur is proven and is in 100s of thousands of tundras and sequoias in the US. Plus I’d not known for anymore head gasket problems then the 2uz. Basically because it’s not a problem.
He mention that it was a UR series motor issue. So 4.6 and 5.7L.Sorry. As the current owner of three 3urs ranging from 200k to 285k I didn’t find it informative in regards to the 3ur. If anything I found it misleading.
Head gaskets are not a common issue with the 3ur anymore than they are with the 2uz.
Just curious what you found informative?
Also it’s confusing that he mentioned the GX several times as having the same motor and it’s never had the 3ur
I’ve personally seen more 2UZ engines with holes through blocks on cold starts and head gasket failures than any major issues with a 3UR. But I’ve only seen around a few hundred of them. So who knows?
If anyone wants to trade a mint 200 series for my 291K LX 470 please DM me 
The 5.7 is trash! And if anyone has a mint 200 series, I’ll do you a favor and trade my 291k LX 470 to you straight up! I’m that nice of a guy!
Only fools would turn you down.
