kylechippringle
New member
Hey guys!
This is my first post on here and i have a pretty big question. I was driving home from work a couple of days ago and my engine quit on me. Ive always done servicing on time. As I was driving home my engine began running hot with no other symptoms. I was less than 2 miles from my house when my rpms started rising into the 4000s range and all of a sudden I had to add full power to maintain the same speed, as I was pulling off to the side of the freeway it completely went dead. No Power, no thunk, nothing. I opened the hood and there was some steam and it turns out my antifreeze had completely leaked out. I gave it a couple of minutes and it wouldnt start and when i turned it over it was just spraying raw fuel onto other parts of the engine.
After getting it towed to a local shop theyre saying that it will need to be replaced and quoting around $6500- $7000.
It is a white 2003 4runner with an Sr5 sport engine. It only had about 160,000.
I was wondering if you guys could point me in the right direction here whether its to a shop that will overhaul it, or to a place where I might be able to get a cheaper engine, anything you guys can give me would be most appreciated!
Thank you so much,
Kyle
This is my first post on here and i have a pretty big question. I was driving home from work a couple of days ago and my engine quit on me. Ive always done servicing on time. As I was driving home my engine began running hot with no other symptoms. I was less than 2 miles from my house when my rpms started rising into the 4000s range and all of a sudden I had to add full power to maintain the same speed, as I was pulling off to the side of the freeway it completely went dead. No Power, no thunk, nothing. I opened the hood and there was some steam and it turns out my antifreeze had completely leaked out. I gave it a couple of minutes and it wouldnt start and when i turned it over it was just spraying raw fuel onto other parts of the engine.
After getting it towed to a local shop theyre saying that it will need to be replaced and quoting around $6500- $7000.
It is a white 2003 4runner with an Sr5 sport engine. It only had about 160,000.
I was wondering if you guys could point me in the right direction here whether its to a shop that will overhaul it, or to a place where I might be able to get a cheaper engine, anything you guys can give me would be most appreciated!
Thank you so much,
Kyle
