"Ignore" V6 head gasket issue?

[Captsolo]

I'm dreading the day when I have to deal with this. There have been two instances in the last 20k miles where it misfired at startup. The most recent time was today. When it did it I immediately ran to the back and smelled the exhaust for the smell of coolant, and thankfully there was none. Mine has 287k miles on it so when/if the head gasket blows I'll probably just replace the engine with one with lower miles. And it will definitely come from an 06-09 model so I don't have to stress about this anymore.

287 000 miles. Why worry about it. Depending on how well it runs, the body and paint condition and the rest of the truck I'd get a backyardian to fix a HG leak, if one ever shows up.

Before I'd get rid of my 2005 4runner (which has no HG issues), I'd try Blue Devil. At 150,000 trouble-free miles, this 4runner has blown me away. No rust on the body in 15 years too... None.

Starts up on the first/second crank. never left me stranded. Still has plenty of V6 power. Original exhaust, WP, Alternator, shocks, paint. Just a set of tires, oil changes every 5000 miles, and GO!

I don't know how Toyota does it.