Toyota Pickup Head Gasket

SimonWright · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:40 pm

My neighbor has an 87 Toyota Pickup that Merchants says has a blown head gasket.

The truck is probably worth less than Merchants would charge even if they were willing to do it.

Is it something that he and I can tackle or is there anyone out there that might like to have a go? He is willing to pay a reasonable sum for the task.

Thanks.

Simon

Scott Johnson · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:51 pm

SimonWright wrote:

My neighbor has an 87 Toyota Pickup that Merchants says has a blown head gasket.

The truck is probably worth less than Merchants would charge even if they were willing to do it.

Is it something that he and I can tackle or is there anyone out there that might like to have a go? He is willing to pay a reasonable sum for the task.

Thanks.

Simon

That's a really easy job for someone with half a day to spare. I also give it a 50% chance that it isn't the head gasket, rather a broken chain tensioner resulting in a loose chain that cuts a hole in the front cover, opening a water passage to the crank case (assuming the diagnosis is simply water in the oil).

Scott

MarcusMcRae · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:47 pm

Scott's statement is especially true if the motor is a 22R. It's super easy to work on.

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:02 pm

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That's a really easy job for someone with half a day to spare. I also give it a 50% chance that it isn't the head gasket, rather a broken chain tensioner resulting in a loose chain that cuts a hole in the front cover, opening a water passage to the crank case (assuming the diagnosis is simply water in the oil).

Scott[/quote]

i would also bet that. you can take the v-cover off and look down ther with a flash light and check this out. Eitehr way the covers new are not that expensive.

SimonWright · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:51 pm

Followup: My neighbor's father has taken on the job. They're asking me if we know of a shop that can boil out and mill the head.

I'm not quite sure what boil out means. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Simon

Scott Johnson · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:54 pm

[quote="SimonWright"]Followup: My neighbor's father has taken on the job. They're asking me if we know of a shop that can boil out and mill the head.

I'm not quite sure what boil out means. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Simon[/quote

I'd take it to Cylinder Head Specialties in Wake Forest.

(919) 556-0775 Along Capital Blvd.

They did nice work on my old Celica, and have done plenty of R-series motor heads.[/code]

Dustin Fredrickson · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:35 am

scottjohnson wrote:

SimonWright wrote:

Followup: My neighbor's father has taken on the job. They're asking me if we know of a shop that can boil out and mill the head.

I'm not quite sure what boil out means. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Simon[/quote

I'd take it to Cylinder Head Specialties in Wake Forest.

(919) 556-0775 Along Capital Blvd.

They did nice work on my old Celica, and have done plenty of R-series motor heads.[/code]

CHS pretty much seems to be the defacto recommendation for head work on here - I know at least a few people that have had good experiences with them.

SimonWright · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:19 am

Thanks guys. I've passed the info along.

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