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Head gasket leak confirmed 900 1992

posted by  someone claiming to be Toyota Tom on  Fri Mar 22 16:16 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Ahhh yes.....

Well, it is not good to ask how long it took me, because I am a bit of a mental case and I go through every single part I can get to, during the project and I renew them while the opportunity presents.

If it is your first time.... plan on a full day for takedown. Then however long at the machine shop. This is a good time to at least check out the exposed parts while the head is out.

Then plan on 2 full days for buildup.

Tools. Most are un-necessary. The cam-locks are real nice to have. But the cam carrier squeeze tools, (2 of them) are a must have in my book! Your only option is to sequentially torque each of the 48 cam carrier bolts, a tiny bit at a time. And those threads are so frigging fragile that I stripped 8 of them last time before I ever got near the torque value. Blow one of them and your engine will be puking oil very soon.

Keep in touch. The famous 'nut' under the manifold is truly a bewildering bitch to get to. But after my 5th time it is not too bad. If you can handle some slight contortions, you can do it. The key is to pull the hot air exchanger completely out and get a hand up in front of the rack and pinion.





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