I have a 90 toyota 4wd pickup with a rebuilt 22re engine with about 20k miles on it. The original engine went down when the timing chain wore through the timing chain cover into the water jacket. The mechanic doing the work didn't realize the importance of a steel sleeve guide for the timing chain, nor did I. I just got done replacing the timing chain, steel giude and put on a new timing chain cover. I fired the truck back up and unfortunately I think I must have warped the head when the leak first appeared. I was in heavy traffic heading home from work when the water jacket was broken into and the water started getting into the oil. The temp gauge just got to hot when I was able to get to a gas station. I added water to the radiator and drove about another 8 miles before it started to get hot again and I decided to bury my head in shame and call a tow truck.
When I got everything put back together and started the truck, a constant stream of steam came out of the exhaust. This is similar to the way it behaved when I tore the head off and found out that it was warped (The mechanic that put my rebuilt engine in didn't believe in a torque wrench). I removed the head and had it planed down this past summer and carefully retorqued the head. Same symptoms then, plenty of steam out of the tailpipe.
Here is my question, is there a fix for a warped head that doesn't require tearing the head off and taking it to a machine shop? With arthritis in my wrists, that exercise is just too painful and everything else works so well on the truck that I really hate to part with it>
When I got everything put back together and started the truck, a constant stream of steam came out of the exhaust. This is similar to the way it behaved when I tore the head off and found out that it was warped (The mechanic that put my rebuilt engine in didn't believe in a torque wrench). I removed the head and had it planed down this past summer and carefully retorqued the head. Same symptoms then, plenty of steam out of the tailpipe.
Here is my question, is there a fix for a warped head that doesn't require tearing the head off and taking it to a machine shop? With arthritis in my wrists, that exercise is just too painful and everything else works so well on the truck that I really hate to part with it>