Toyota 4Runner 3VZE | Ep.3 | Pulling the heads - REALLY bad head gasket!
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
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Let's get those 3VZ-E cylinder heads pulled from the 1988 4Runner and sent off to the machinist. Be ready to see one super blown head gasket.
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1988 Toyota 4Runner 3VZE
I just bought a 95 runner 3.0 trying to figure out if it's a dream or a nightmare
Hey man. Just saw your comment, I’m in your same boat. How did it turn out?! I just bought a 94 4Runner myself and I’m trying to get it started. The previous owner says it needs a valve job but he’s not the most trustworthy guy. I’m gonna flush the gas tank, change the oil, and coolant then go for the startup. Hopefully it will end up not being too bad. Expecting the worst though 🥲. I’d super appreciate to hear if you had any success or advice with your experience on your 95.
Cheers,
Garrett
Is it possible to install some kind of home made metal shield betwen exhaust pipe and cylinder #6 to keep that heat away?
This is could be a cheap solution to prevent same problem in the future.
Great video btw!
That's a good idea, and it's likely possible to do so. Very tight fit back there though. Hmmm.
@@PracticalEnthusiast about to dive into a 3vze my self, great work here! I saw the 3.slow guys wrap the cross over with exaust tape as a simple way to address this issue, I am going to do that on mine before reassembly.
Ironic they fail on #6 almost all the time, I think it has something to do with the exhaust setup, it's my though it's the hottest cylinder, and with that I switched to smog legal headers, and installed a metal head gasket, with the Permatex Copper Spray on the new gaskets. Before we bought the T100 4x4 full size the dealer had replaced the factory gaskets at 110K miles, when we bought the truck it had 179k miles, then the #6 cylinder was breached at about 207k miles. It's plausible the 100k mile head gasket is out there! We sold our 1993 T100 with 293k on it, would use maybe a quart of oil less every oil change at about 8k with semi synthetic oil. I was otherwise somewhat impressed with that old Toyota outside of the funky exhaust, and the 100k mile head gasket that is best served replaced with the metal MLS type.....
Where did you send the fuel injectors off to?
Great work. Biggest issue for a job like this around me is a machine shop. Where have they all gone? Still searching for my next Toyota and have purposely avoided those with this V6 because of this issue. Keep up all the good content.
Thanks Scott! Machine shops are definitely getting harder to find. I'm lucky to have a couple in my area, but it's still a drive.
Great content, Sir. Keep up the awesome work!
You make it look easy Peter !
The mark of a true professional
Keep up the good work!
@practical Enthusiast I saw your Kansas shirt. Are you actually located in Kansas. If so, I'd like to know what shop you used for the heads as I will be doing this job soon.
I'm just about to do a DIY Head Gasket Job on my 3VZE. Do you have any advice tips and tricks. I've watched ur 3VZE videos countless times over the past weeks. Thanks for capturing this for the world. Also, sick soundtrack.
I don't really have more advice than I mention in the videos. Just take your time, don't try to do it all in a weekend. Make sure you have all the parts and supplies before starting. Take pictures on disassembly! You can definitely do it, just don't rush.
Thanks for the video. very helpfull.
Say what is that stuff you put on the shims just before you put the cam shaft back on?
That's engine assembly lube. It's thicker and stickier than oil so it helps lubricate on the engine's first start.
Finally did my 3.0 after 33 years of service!
ever consider 3.4 swap?
I did, but ultimately decided I didn't have the time to go that route.
If we all could only work that fast...Nice job.
Please man, where do you get the torque specs for all of theses bolts ?
MLS gaskets fixed this problem on the 3.4. So far so good on two daily driver gen 2 4runners in my fleet with MLS gaskets.
I have a 95 4 runner V6 3.0 with 270k miles. It's been through head gasket changes at 120k and 219k and now at 270k. It was $2700 for a shop fix at 219k in 2021. So, now going to do this myself with your help. But a little aside and this just invites a little new commentary: Months ago and maybe the gasket was starting to go, while driving on a grade I experienced knocking worse than ever since owned this car. And I use cheap 87 gas 75% of the time. I want to propose that engine knock has to be pushing the head gasket to/beyond its limit; this is based om my experiencing the head gasket failure to within weeks of experiencing the sustaining knock at full throttle. I am not sure if paying more attention to how a "knock sensor" is working properly to prevent engine damage. Cylinder #5 is the culprit. Thanks for putting your valuable experience here.
That looks like a fun job.
I’m doing one right now, it ain’t fun
You put the cylinder head cam plug/rear bearing in dry? Instead of filling
The grooves with RTV like the FSM recommends? Did they leak?
Love the level of detail in your work
Buenas noches tengo una Toyota 4runner 1992 V6 3.0 automática
Pregunta porque se calienta cuando le pongo su termostato ya le puse dos termostatos nuevos y ase lo mismo nomás se lo quito y trabaja bien
Great work!
I wish I had the tools and a location to tear my 1999 v6 4runner apart and rebuild the motor. 265k miles.
Hey just want to say I appreciate this video a lot, I think it's the most comprehensive vid in English ive seen , perfect for a noob like me. Thank you for making these.
This is fun but it's delaying work on the Ducati!
Still waiting on the wheel to be straightened! And it just snowed here which is kinda a motorcycle buzz kill :(
Hey love your videos man I’m taking my 93 sr5 4Runner 3.0 apart myself, I was wondering what tool are u using to take of the timing belt gears?
Been watching this to help me with my rebuild in my 94, awesome simple tutorial! Pretty cool of you not to rip every bolt out with an impact like me haha
Man after my own heart. I own a 91 Z32 TT and a 90 toyota pickup with a 3VZE. I wish my truck started off that clean, hell, I would have loved my Z to start off clean at all. Nice work my friend. 👍👍
The best 3.0 diy visual walk through time lapsed vid.🤙🤙
What sequence do you use to remove the head bolts and cam bolts?
Why not pull the engine? At that point you are so far torn apart.
Nice vids!
Thought I heard/read of that back crossover "culprit" being wrapped with some type of heat reducing wrap/insulation to help prevent future head gasket failure.....true??? I have a '94 sr5 ext cab pickup with 294,000....... bought new......on my second head gasket
Try it it's wat I'm doing at least
Thank you for the video. This will really help me out.
Your videos are helping me a lot. I'm replacing my head gaskets using your video as my service manual. How does it run now? Did you see any scoring on the cylinder walls?
It runs great. There was some scoring on the cylinder 6 walls.
How can I obtain the normal pace video??
Wat year is motor bud?
1988
...Those heads look REALLY Clean.....
Cool stuff as always.
I miss your E30 though)
I might have something to fill that void soon. Not an E30 though - I haven't seen a decent deal on one in a long time.
@@PracticalEnthusiast Datsun 240Z ?🙃
Would be a nice candidate)
@@ALXG I think the ship has sailed for finding a good deal on those!
Hey..glad to see you're putting that new beast of an impact to good use..☺
Some assembly required. 😄
It has made life so much easier!
Thank you for your help, i have a question... i took off the heads about 2 months ago & just got them back from the machine shop & i do not remember which head cylinder bolts take the washer/thrust washer, could you help me out?
All of the cylinder head bolts require flat washers. Also, the cylinder head bolts should not be reused because they are stretch bolts.
when i removed them, only half of the bolts came with them & i did buy new bolts. but they did not come with the "thrust" washers, so im re using the ones that came with it when i took it apart.
I see this and ... at what point do you just pull the engine and work on it outside of the truck?
Removing the engine would significantly increase the time to do this job and really should only be done if intending to rebuild/replace the whole engine. I'm under time and space constraints so leaving it in is the most economical solution.
@@PracticalEnthusiast Well that makes lost of sense. Thanks.
Did you really pull the head bolts out in sequence?
Loosening in sequence matters, which I did. Unscrewing them and removing them in sequence does not matter.
@@PracticalEnthusiast i been wrenching for 30 years. I am going to disagree with you on this.
What head gaskets did you end up using? I used Felpro 60,000 miles ago and I think they failed on me.
I'm using Toyota ones. Check out my latest videos for the parts overview.