Hello again… it’s been a minute bought a 2012 about 1.5 years ago with 130k Immediately did water pump, egr cooler, thermostat, intake clean and OCC now at 187k (I drive a lot) I found radiator reservoir almost empty That morning I had the death rattle. Which was first ever in that car so start looking for leaks to see if it was that… noticed idle picked up a little and slight smell of coolant at exhaust I was on a road trip down in Florida and 800 miles from home call Tampa hybrid They say they can ship it for 150 and do the head gasket for 2500. Which includes complete clean of egr cooler said they use the felpro gasket as it is an upgrade from OEM said I should get another 100k or more out of the car once the gasket is done think I caught it early enough to avoid other damage I’ll keep ya’ll updated with the results
I think so! I will let ya’ll know how it goes I never did actually confirm it was the head gasket. We will see what they find
Well it’s already done he had 8 other third gens in the shop as well all for head gaskets he cleaned the egr cooler and throttle body as well warranty for one year 2600 well spent hope to get it after I book a flight in about a week hopefully she runs another 190k
Yep I had about exactly that many miles on the egr clean when head gasket went I think it was just time at 190 k miles I left a five star Google review for Tampa Hybrids …due to the fact that I can’t get back down to pick my car up for another week and a half so I asked him if they would put the accessory battery on a trickle charge and Todd said no worries I will come back on here and update if anything happens a year or two down the road , just for information purposes… I know a lot of people think that replacing the head gasket won’t get you that much more time… So I guess we will see everything else on the car at 190 K is absolutely bulletproof. Never done a wheel bearing never rebuilt the brakes never had to recharge the air conditioning everything else about it is Toyota quality, except for the head gasket lol
Head gasket blew at 190K miles, and your first EGR cleaning was 50K miles back, at 140K miles? How'd it look at that cleaning, the valve, the cooler, and the small passages on the intake manifold?
I honestly have no idea I’ll text Todd and see if he knows or if he can ask the mechanic I’m guessing since most 3 rd gen head gaskets don’t go until over 100k miles…. That I shouldn’t need to clean the I take and egr every 50k But I’ll ask Todd and see what he says
I misunderstood your message when I cleaned the little holes on the intake and the egr were almost completely blocked definitely would do at 100k intervals i
Yeah I'd vote every 50K. After the first time it gets a little easier: you can leave that least accessible fastener, and there is a coolant strategy, that avoids spilling, requires no hose clamping (which is not really effective anyway). It's still a day-long chore, but if you stay organized and take brakes, not too hard. See top two links in my signature. On a phone, turn it landscape to see signatures.
