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Originally Posted by Hood4Runner
Well boys I come back to post a sad sad update on this....
I got everything back on and cleaned out. Started it up and was running beautifully and way healthier. I let it idle In the drive way for awhile. I took it for a test drive down the road and got an oil light. I figure it’s was low since I cleaned out all that sludge. I get to the bottom of my hill and the truck just losses all power. ****! Right before it died it started knocking. ****! I knew I was low on oil but I had no idea I was that low after cleaning it. So now she knocks in idle which tells me I done ****ed my engine up. I’m guessing the head gasket is toast amongst other things I’ve been reading on here. So what was suppose to cost me 80$ to replace the valve cover gasket is now going to cost me a new motor and cost of labor. I’m trying to look at positives of this, newer Motor with less miles (mine at 223k, was hoping to keep her going way past this but that’s life).
So feel free to roast me into oblivion  |
No roasting from me. About 6 weeks after getting mine with just 147k the radiator hose blew off after installing a new radiator cap. I thought it just effed up the head gasket and heads but turns out the lower end is also toast so a new long block was needed. I wasted 2 months (long story) and $800 replacing the HG's and spending $400 to get the heads redone along with getting a bunch of tools I may or may not ever use again
It's running great now though. Still in the break in 500 stage. Thought I had a bad front wheel bearing going out too but just ended up being the inner brake pad was not on the pins. I don't how anyone could screw that up. It was floating and making noise. It couldn't fall out but still... What a bone head move on someone's part. Better than a bad bearing I guess.
