Recent content by axel1

No complaints, other than my wallet! The shop did an excellent job though, so I'm hoping I can get another 2-300k miles on the truck at least.

If this was the first shop to give me the diagnosis I'd be more skeptical, but they're the fourth place at this point to come to the same conclusion. The owner seems super upfront about everything and he apologized for giving me false hope last week.

Okay, another update. Shop called me this morning and said they started tearing things down more and found significant wall scoring in cylinder 1. Because of this, the engine is beyond economical repair. I opted to go with their replacement engine suggestion - 120k miles with a 6 month...

I thought it was really weird too. I don’t think I’ve ever taken this engine to redline.

News news news! The new shop spent the day looking at the engine and running the full gamut of tests. Their findings were: coolant pressure test passed, no coolant leakage. Headgasket is OK cylinder 1 has 0 compression. Borescope showed one of the intake valves wasn't closing all the way...

I appreciate everyone's input! Yes, the metal upgrade was because my plastic filter had been damn-near impacted on by the dealer originally and was fairly stripped around the flutes. It was a dumb mistake that I didn't double-check the instructions online to remember swapping the inner filter...

That’s what the shops I’ve talked to so far have quoted me for. Most of them have relationships with local junkyards and decent warranties. Low mileage 1GRs are like $5-6k so I’ll probably go for one around 100k to save some money.

Unfortunately, every shop I've called has basically said that the labor costs to tear it down, resurface the heads, clean up the cylinders, and replace the head gasket is going to be more expensive than just throwing a new engine in, including the price of the engine. And that's assuming the...

I reached out to TCCN as well as probably 5-6 other shops in the area. Waiting on the rest of the estimates to flow in, and I'll probably be picking one this weekend. I have a rental truck right now and I'll be trailering the 4runner back down from Wisconsin once I decide where it's going.

Yeah, the big problem is most of these shops are telling me by the time you teardown the heads and inspect everything, you're already halfway to the cost of a new engine in labor. In other news, I got my first official estimate from a shop: complete 1GR-FE with 120k miles is $5020, labor is...

I had a revelation last night at about 3 AM, literally shot out of bed as I thought of it. I think I know how the engine died About 2000 miles ago I changed my oil, and as part of it I finally did the plastic -> metal filter housing upgrade. I'd bought the metal filter housing like 3 years ago...

So, I have been very pleased with my 2014 SR5 and it's served me great for the 7 years I've owned it. 160k total miles, 100k of those mine, and I've had to do basically nothing except basic maintenance - oil changes, filters, etc. Recently, on a trip up to Wisconsin I was driving to dinner at...

Sold!

Selling my used XD H11 LED kit. Were installed in my truck for about a year and still work perfect. Only minimal signs of use on the cooling fins from installation. Price includes shipping from Iowa to you.

I'd recommend a minimum extinguisher size of 5lb. Those smaller ones have little chance of putting out anything serious like an engine fire. Even a 5lb might not do the job.