I had a lot of work done. In addition to the head gaskets, the radiator was leaking, I had both cv axles replaced, and new tires all on one repair order. I'm a parts counterman at a Toyota dealer, so employee rate for labor is $100 per hour. It was 22 hours for everything, plus parts and machine shop. While torn apart, we put in a new timing chain, water pump, spark plugs, thermostat, idlers, and various other parts. With the intake off, the knock sensor sub-harness was also replaced, since it was 22 years old and the intake was already out of the way. When all was said and done, right around $4k. She runs like a champ now, and has had no issues since the repair was completed in December of 2024. With the updated head gaskets now in place, I don't anticipate any issues of that nature in the future, at least not for another 200k miles. She was at 248k when the blown head gasket was discovered, and now she's at 264k and running beautifully.
