I had a previous thread on this stuff, I cannot find it so heres a brief synopsis:
A friend bought an 08 Tacoma with a 1GR engine from a private party. It had 300k miles on it and a nasty ticking on the right cylinder head. Looking through the prior owners maintenance records it had been going on for at least 75,000 miles. A dealer told him he needed a long block.
I told him to just run it and when it failed we’d find him a good used one. It ran great, just sounded terrible. He bought a...
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A friend bought an 08 Tacoma with a 1GR engine from a private party. It had 300k miles on it and a nasty ticking on the right cylinder head. Looking through the prior owners maintenance records it had been going on for at least 75,000 miles. A dealer told him he needed a long block.
I told him to just run it and when it failed we’d find him a good used one. It ran great, just sounded terrible. He bought a...
Read more