2013 Prius, shop says head gasket is blown, only wants to swap engine with a used engine from Japan. Doesn’t want to replace head gasket? Is that a thing now? I’m older but changing a head gasket wasn’t a big deal in my day. Thoughts? Thanks
2013 Prius, shop says head gasket is blown, only wants to swap engine with a used engine from Japan. Doesn’t want to replace head gasket? Is that a thing now? I’m older but changing a head gasket wasn’t a big deal in my day. Thoughts? Thanks
I am presently looking at the ltest revision of the relevant TSB (EG-00573T-TME) from Toyota regarding head gaskets for all ZR family engines. The only “special” recommendation is to use the new redesigned parts that became available in 2021 (-FE/-FAE) and 2022 (-FXE).
Unless your engine is using a lot of oil (common with early 2ZX-FXE at high mileages) or has some other issue, replacing the whole engine makes sense only if you get an absolutely smoking deal on the engine swap. Otherwise this sounds like the typical sod off quote.