3.4L post recall head gasket problem

[goslng1]

Hi folks

I have a 3.4L post recall gasket problem. Toyota did the recall replacement of the head gasket when I was expereincing no problems at 104,000 miles. At about 150,000 miles I began to notice my coolant resevoir going down & then just last March, while on an extended trip, I had to hobble in on 5 cyl to Bell Road Toyota and be told I needed to replace the head gaskets AGAIN. The cost? $1,800 Apparently, coolant had been leaking on the # 3 sparkplug & that explains the escessive early morning vapor I often saw.

Anyone happen to have a good name at Toyota I can write to? In my mind, it is not fair to fix a customer's vehicle when it isnt broken, and then do nothing after it is broken. How am I to know that that original gasket could have lasted 500K miles? I'm a little pissed about it.

Looking forward to hearing some good advice, and maybe even a name of a big wig I can write to. I am already trying to get that from a Toyota Tech friend who now lives far from here, but no news yet.

Thanks in advance all!

cheers

Walt

[Sidney]

22 Toyota headgasket & oil sludge recall sites:

http://www.brian894x4.com/V6headgasketrecall.html
http://home.off-road.com/~kemanuel/V6-HG.htm
http://www.showmesome.info/hilux/info/recall.htm
http://www.off-road.com/toyota/4runner/topqs.html
http://www.yotatech.com/~corey/4runner_faq.htm
http://www.thecomplaintstation.com/c...inalrecord=14/
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/ic/ic110028.htm
http://www.alldata.com/recall/make/Toyota_Truck.html
http://www.alldata.com/TSB/60/94601650.html
http://www.yotarepair.com/Campaigns.html (3.4L,V6,headgasket recall)
http://home.off-road.com/~bibelheime...eadgasket.html (3.4L,V6,headgasket recall)
http://home.4x4wire.com/erik/t100/3.4v6_headgasket.htm
http://www.jasperengines.com/pdf/5SFECoolantLeaksTB.pdf
http://www.lemonaidcars.com/secret_warranties.htm
http://www.nordicgroup.us/oil.htm#Toyota%20Sludge
http://www.toyota.com/about/news/pro...-consumer.html
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...ota-sludge.htm
http://www.petitiononline.com/TMC2003/petition.html
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/TSBScans/sb621323.pdf
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/TSBScans/sb628694.pdf
http://groups.msn.com/ToyotaOwnersUn...gaskettsb.msnw
http://groups.msn.com/ToyotaOwnersUn...adgaskets.msnw
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/ic/ic100052.htm

Sidney® ™
Repairs tv's,vcr's,home/car audio out of my home
E-mail:sidneybek@yahoo.com
Dartmouth,Nova Scotia
Canada
1985 Toyota 4-Runner,solid front straight axle,factory cruise control,sunroof,22R-E,W56,RN60LV-MSEK,rusted rear step/towing chrome bumper with 244 000 KM

[spiderx]

nice list


I wish mine was covered