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Yes, yes, but where did this 5300 watts of coolant heat come from? X amount of 190° F coolant flowing at X rate through a heat exchanger would...
This is a totally new subject to me! What is 'supplemental heat' on a Gen3? Are you saying there's a 700 watt resistance heating element in a...
Do you guys realize these silly little buttons are just an illusion and do not control the car? Your right foot controls the car. But if it...
Thanks for the detailed explanation! My pal that told be about the engine shutting down may have said something about the water pump only running...
Exactly! We're all just dumb ill-informed voters. The only ones that know for sure are top engineers at toyota. And thus,,,, we have a new engine...
What good is a warning light if "it's too late"? Why would toyota even bother to give you a light like that? Some other manufacturers have a low...
Why does the 'type' of miles matter? What is the difference between a long distance vacation taker and a long distance courier driver? Why would...
Just found this YT short from Gasket Masters on Gen4's. You can see that dealio in the block to 'even out the thermal blah,blah of the cylinder...
Read the thread. Thanks! So what would you recommend? Letting a dealership do it for $4800? Also, there are many Gasket Master locations, or so...
A used engine gets you a used head gasket. A chronically failing head gasket.
Thanks for the info. But I would imagine there is still old coolant remaining in the bowels of the engine and who knows what else doesn't drain...
Didn't know about a 'Super Long Life' coolant. I use parts store 'Asian' pink coolant listed for Toyotas and others. My current routine is to...
First: I had a typo ^ above. 'Friend's Gen3 with a Felpro HG with +200k miles on the repair.' (He's had many very high mileage Gen2's and never a...
Maybe so. Does the Gen4 have a low coolant sensor in the reservoir ? Anyways, that is not the case with this friend's Gen4. He uses it daily....
Thanks for the detailed info! Unfortunately more improvements are needed. I say this because a friend with a '17 Gen4 just had the Head Gasket...
Interesting. It's the same Head - Block, no? Do you have a reference for this statement? "Cylinder Thermal Management" ??? o_O What's that? (n)...
Just found this thread only because a friend's '17 Prius @ 205k miles has the infamous Head Gasket failure. He was told by a local dealership...
That "15/20%" increase is a 'Feeling', correct? No way to measure such a thing, correct? "Feelings, wo, wo, wo, all I get are Feelings"...
Well, keeping the EGR cooler, itself, clean has little to do with the Chronic Head Gasket Failures, imho. Another theory is the EGR gases...
Good point. On a steelie the ring could slip out to the outside,, maybe. The wheels I used them on were alloys and the ring couldn't leave the...
