Hello, fellow 4th gen lovers.
This has been a crap morning after some recent developments.
I changed my Head gaskets, water pump, radiator, hoses, seals, distributor coils, plugs, and basically anything I could touch on the way to getting to the gaskets. I also had a reputable shop check the heads. Their report came back positive. They observed minimal damage and only shaved a tiny bit and all is within spec. Also, all parts were oem.
This was all done at 174k miles.
She's been great. I've been able to go camping twice and a road trip with now issues. I really thought I would make the 300k club without a major issue.
I'm at 209k miles now.
Well, skip to this morning...
Started the runner and I felt a slight hesitation. My mind immediately went to the head gasket so I shut it off. A minute later I turned the car on again and it did the same thing so I shut it off. Waited another minute and same slight hesitation. Que the depression.
Just got off work and of course no hesitation when I start her up now.
Then I checked the fluid and thats when my heart really sank. I've lost some fluid. I attached a picture so ya'll can see.
The blood sweat and tears it took do the head gaskets and everything else was an experience to say the least. One I didnt want to experience again for a long time.
So my question to ya'll is what are the chances the head gaskets blew a second time? Could this be another issue? Is there a normal amount of coolant that could evaporate and the hesitation could be an isolated issue?
I'm trying really hard to be objective but as you can imagine.. This sucks.
Look forward to your opinions.