A friend of mine called from the road with an overheating D2, I suggested she get the truck to LR Hilton Head because at least they might know what they were looking at instead of having bubba scratch his head trying to get toyota parts for it.
The truck was overheating at highway speeds and was not overheating
at idle.
The truck has had a long history of disappearing coolant and I have done many exhaust gas tests and I know the head gaskets are in good shape, I replaced all of the hoses, the thermostat, and the valley pan gasket.
The truck has had no history of overheating except when the coolant leaked out and air got into the system.
I finally got the truck to stop losing coolant by using bars leaks head gasket fix on the block.
I know it was a short term fix but it actually worked very well and for longer than I would have thought.
Anyway, I thought that LR HH could do a diagnosis of the problem.
They said that the Radiator, Water Pump and Thermostat needed to be replaced and that there was no slipped liner or porosity present and the head gaskets were not blown.
They would replace the rad, water pump and T-stat for $3000.
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS....
In case you missed it....
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
I called the service writer and asked if the three grand fix did not work because of porosity, would they give a refund on the repairs?
No they would not.
We had some tense words and I got the impression that service writer chicky doesn't think too much of me. Fuck her, I don't think too much of her either but whatever.
So I ordered the parts from Will for less than $400 delivered.
I am going to drive down there tommorrow, replace the Rad, Water pump and T-stat and drive the truck home.
If it overheats at highway speed then I was right and it is porosity and the motor is coming out.
If it does not overheat then I will be happy that I saved my friend a shitpot full of money and that LR HH did not get away with perpetrating an ass fucking for three thousand dollars for a rad, water pump and t-stat.
And on top of that, some scummy saledude from LR HH keeps calling my friend trying to sell her a new car and he said he might be able to get a grand for her D2 in a trade.
Fucking douchebags, I might piss on their front door just for fun.
The truck was overheating at highway speeds and was not overheating
at idle.
The truck has had a long history of disappearing coolant and I have done many exhaust gas tests and I know the head gaskets are in good shape, I replaced all of the hoses, the thermostat, and the valley pan gasket.
The truck has had no history of overheating except when the coolant leaked out and air got into the system.
I finally got the truck to stop losing coolant by using bars leaks head gasket fix on the block.
I know it was a short term fix but it actually worked very well and for longer than I would have thought.
Anyway, I thought that LR HH could do a diagnosis of the problem.
They said that the Radiator, Water Pump and Thermostat needed to be replaced and that there was no slipped liner or porosity present and the head gaskets were not blown.
They would replace the rad, water pump and T-stat for $3000.
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS....
In case you missed it....
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
I called the service writer and asked if the three grand fix did not work because of porosity, would they give a refund on the repairs?
No they would not.
We had some tense words and I got the impression that service writer chicky doesn't think too much of me. Fuck her, I don't think too much of her either but whatever.
So I ordered the parts from Will for less than $400 delivered.
I am going to drive down there tommorrow, replace the Rad, Water pump and T-stat and drive the truck home.
If it overheats at highway speed then I was right and it is porosity and the motor is coming out.
If it does not overheat then I will be happy that I saved my friend a shitpot full of money and that LR HH did not get away with perpetrating an ass fucking for three thousand dollars for a rad, water pump and t-stat.
And on top of that, some scummy saledude from LR HH keeps calling my friend trying to sell her a new car and he said he might be able to get a grand for her D2 in a trade.
Fucking douchebags, I might piss on their front door just for fun.
