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Posting this for a friend. He has Tacoma 4x4, 2.7 liters, manual, with front locker that has bad engine, most likely head gasket is blown, it turns over but almost doesn't start, and if we make it to start finaly it has lots of white smoke coming from exhaust, coolant level is droping fast, no signs of it under the car, so assume all is inside of the cylinders, oil on deepstick is milky, car has about 170K on it, manual. No knocking or other unusual noises from engine, just wont start. Everything else exept AC works fine, 4x4 engages and front locks. Body in OK shape for the age. Need some advice on what to do with it. We see two possible options:
1st: is there any mechanics that can rebuild this engine, probably easier to swap whole engine, for less than 1.5K
2nd: sell whole thing as is, but than what is the reasonable price for it, car was running very good before engine went bad.
maybe but don't really want to do it part it out.
Please help with advice what to do with this car.
Thanks.
Posting this for a friend. He has Tacoma 4x4, 2.7 liters, manual, with front locker that has bad engine, most likely head gasket is blown, it turns over but almost doesn't start, and if we make it to start finaly it has lots of white smoke coming from exhaust, coolant level is droping fast, no signs of it under the car, so assume all is inside of the cylinders, oil on deepstick is milky, car has about 170K on it, manual. No knocking or other unusual noises from engine, just wont start. Everything else exept AC works fine, 4x4 engages and front locks. Body in OK shape for the age. Need some advice on what to do with it. We see two possible options:
1st: is there any mechanics that can rebuild this engine, probably easier to swap whole engine, for less than 1.5K
2nd: sell whole thing as is, but than what is the reasonable price for it, car was running very good before engine went bad.
maybe but don't really want to do it part it out.
Please help with advice what to do with this car.
Thanks.
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