i had a buddy with the same issue im having he did his headgaskets and had the heads machined then discovered the heads were cracked.
the only "benefit" if you can call it one is if the JDM engine is trash i can get another one without being out $600 or i could go for it and do the headgaskets...
ive seen reman engine but they are about 2k. i dont have that much extra cash laying out right now with planning a wedding.
so intake manifolds do need to be swapped then, was your engine out of the same chassis in japan? or a different one? i read that hiace and hilux engine had varying oil...
i believe that is definitely a possibility, the only benefit i have is a long time friend has been importing engine setups locally so if i run into a issue ill have some wiggle room, which is the first thing i had asked him.
well truck was running good no issues, last night i went out to start it up started up but had a weird stumble, so i pop the hood start checking around and notice white smoke out the exhaust.. dang it!
never has overheated on me via the scangauge, thinking somehow i got a slight crack in the...
Went for a local trip out to beaumont area to do some shooting and hill fun.
found that the car that was abonadoned still out there, we called about a month ago and they never got it out so i had a little fun. people shot it all to shit.
tested my solar setup a bit to see how it works...