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Originally Posted by importman
I'm dreading the day when I have to deal with this. There have been two instances in the last 20k miles where it misfired at startup. The most recent time was today. When it did it I immediately ran to the back and smelled the exhaust for the smell of coolant, and thankfully there was none. Mine has 287k miles on it so when/if the head gasket blows I'll probably just replace the engine with one with lower miles. And it will definitely come from an 06-09 model so I don't have to stress about this anymore.
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287 000 miles. Why worry about it. Depending on how well it runs, the body and paint condition and the rest of the truck I'd get a backyardian to fix a HG leak, if one ever shows up.
Before I'd get rid of my 2005 4runner (which has no HG issues), I'd try Blue Devil. At 150,000 trouble-free miles, this 4runner has blown me away. No rust on the body in 15 years too... None.
Starts up on the first/second crank. never left me stranded. Still has plenty of V6 power. Original exhaust, WP, Alternator, shocks, paint. Just a set of tires, oil changes every 5000 miles, and GO!
I don't know how Toyota does it.