MDSC

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sucks i'm sure it can be resealed but youre looking at 4 hrs of labor...timing belt has to come off etc..., new gasket, and coolant

wirelesstj

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^^^ yea its a pita to do. took me and my buddy a good 4 hrs to do

O. L. T.

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Catch more bee's with honey........ Try pointing to the obvious and letting them tell you what they will do. Should work just fine given the way it looks.

Tabaka

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Should I be concerned with water leaking on the alternator below?

Tabaka

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Stopped by the original mechanic during my lunch break and showed him the issue and simply said "what can you do for me?". They're going to fix it for free next week Hopefully that will be one less problem with this thing.

MDSC

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yes, and good to hear it worked out for you they did the right thing and is exactly how i would of handled it if you brought your car to me.

Tabaka

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The only thing that I'm going to pay for is Toyota coolant. This is a euro shop and they'll refill it with some nasty cheap green stuff. I'll pick some up from the local Toyota dealer tomorrow.

O. L. T.

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Avoiding any possibility of a coolant war over opinion I will simply state a fact. Toyota (and BMW) state THEIR coolant is worth 3 times as much money because it better fights corrosion internally. Other than that, boil point is boil point.... makes no difference.

My black SC that I have put 250k on in 9 years has always ran Advanced Auto Parts green coolant. I went into it to do water pump, timing belt, pulleys 2 weeks ago and this is what it looked like inside. (see below)

Better than a decade of green coolant, 250,000 miles, and 2 decades of use total and it is mirror glass shine inside.


Red coolant my ***..............

MDSC

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yep my car got green coolant too and 240k and clean. Green is fine no problem with it. When i work on Toyotas for my customers to keep them happy i usually use GM dexcool the color is almost the same, just alot esier to get vs waiting 2hrs+ for a dealer to deliver 2 gal of coolant. BMW coolant is Blue so is new Honda.

Ali SC3

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I like how the red coolant looks, makes me feel all toyota special inside. does that count for anything?

Biggu

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I run distilled water and 2 things of water wetter when spring/summer and switch to toyota red antifreeze in the winter just to make sure nothing freezes.

Nova

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yes that is why i am running toyota red

StiCk3

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i only run it because i have tons leftover from work. Free red yay!!