Headgasket will have to be done and of course while i'm at it probably will do water pump and other related items short of rebuilding bottom end.
from a cost efficiency standpoint a reman engine from a proven place such as jasper would have been a nice option and simply do a motor swap.
Still...
just confirmed with Jasper that they do NOT have 1GR-FE available.
according to the person I spoke with, they don't even have it normally. Its not a question of nothing being available right now.
Source for quality reman engine looking not so good.
Source for Remanufactured 1GR-FE?
I have a 2005 4runner which will require headgasket work. One option I am exploring is replacing motor with a remanufacterd 1GR-FE rather than just doing the headgasket only. Current motor is at 150K miles.
any recommendations for a quality source for a...
Picked up an 05 v6 4Runner recently with 147,xxx mileage and looks like I may have dreaded Headgasket issue...
Getting misfire code on cylinder six
New plugs.
New coil pack.
Still getting misfire code...
Rough idle when first started then smooths out after a bit.
I haven't gotten around to...