HELP! Siezed engine? Now what?

[NorcalCamper]

Sorry for not updating. I ended up tearing down the motor with a friend down to the block. The number 6 cylinder had massive rust buildup and some scoring on the walls. We ended up re-honing all the cylinders and re-ringing the pistons, plus new bearings. While we were in there we replaced the timing belt, water pump, clutch, gaskets, plugs, etc. We were pleased to hear it come to life after many nights of wrenching. So far I've only put 66 miles on it gently around town. I've yet to put it back on the freeway but I'm sure it will be fine. Now I'm good for another 120K miles or so.

The bad news is that when I had to go to the dealer for a part, I was informed that they would have done the head gasket replacement for free under the recall and that there is no expiration on a recall. Oh well. At least I got all the other stuff done while I was in there. They would have charged me a small fortune to do all the extras.

P.S. - If I wasn't clear, the problem was the head gasket. The block and heads proved to be good.

[MuddyTacoma]

That's good to hear that you were able to get it fixed and that you don't have any issues with the heads. Only once did I have damage to the heads in an engine, pretty much just end of story when that happens becuase I don't have the patience to do a complete tear down, just time to cut my loses at that point, but looks like you were able to get it all working. Thumbs up for that.

[toyotafan]

Sorry for not updating. I ended up tearing down the motor with a friend down to the block. The number 6 cylinder had massive rust buildup and some scoring on the walls. We ended up re-honing all the cylinders and re-ringing the pistons, plus new bearings. While we were in there we replaced the timing belt, water pump, clutch, gaskets, plugs, etc. We were pleased to hear it come to life after many nights of wrenching. So far I've only put 66 miles on it gently around town. I've yet to put it back on the freeway but I'm sure it will be fine. Now I'm good for another 120K miles or so.

The bad news is that when I had to go to the dealer for a part, I was informed that they would have done the head gasket replacement for free under the recall and that there is no expiration on a recall. Oh well. At least I got all the other stuff done while I was in there. They would have charged me a small fortune to do all the extras.

P.S. - If I wasn't clear, the problem was the head gasket. The block and heads proved to be good.

Hey no worries on that, glad you at least got to some type of resolution.